The Lottery (Official Trailer)

The official trailer for THE LOTTERY, in theaters June 11th.

In a country where 58% of African American 4th graders are functionally illiterate, The Lottery uncovers the failures of the traditional public school system and reveals that hundreds of thousands of parents attempt to flee the system every year. The Lottery follows four of these families from Harlem and the Bronx who have entered their children in a charter school lottery. Out of thousands of hopefuls, only a small minority will win the chance of a better future.

Directed by Madeleine Sackler and shot by award-winning cinematographer Wolfgang Held, The Lottery uncovers a ferocious debate surrounding the education reform movement. Interviews with politicians and educators explain not only the crisis in public education, but also why it is fixable. A call to action to avert a catastrophe in the education of American children, The Lottery makes the case that any child can succeed.

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• harlem
• harlem success academy
• charters
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• joel klein
• ufta

[MsJanetWood]

The kids that talk loud and laugh during the movie! The ones that throw popcorn at the screen! The ones that run up and down the movie aisles. The ones that keep getting up to go to the bathroom! Those kids!

Do you think those kids could sit down for a 45 minute Math Lesson?

They can't sit still during a movie! You think they are going to pay attention to their math teacher?

So, who do we blame? The teacher? The administrators? The parents? Or the kids?

[VarianceFilms]

@MsJanetWood Um, that's racist as hell. Perhaps you should watch videos you're more comfortable with, such as things filmed in Alabama in the 60s?

[WritingYellow]

DO NOT SAY you're barack obama >:( Barack Obama has an evil plan to pretty much make a Holocaust 2! :C type in THE OBAMA DECEPTION HQ FULL LENGTH VERSION in the search bar on youtube

[VarianceFilms]

@WritingYellow Yeah, Holocaust 2? I think we agree with @danggpriya1.

[airforce2x]

the problem is

NOT the parents

NOT the children

and NOT the system.

The problem is the LIFESTYLE of black people which deters them from academic progress.

[Vivaldi290]

Is the lottery for a lifetime supply of KFC or Popeyes?

[AmbrosialRage]

@youngcal0421 Ok ive done my home work on my race and BTW there's only 14 percent blacks in this country that are legal and of them i ask you how many must commit crimes in order for us to notice the, apparently quite a bit huh? its true the media does pick certain groups of people to stereo type but blacks aren't the only ones have you ever heard the quote to corrupt a child simply tell them that they're different from the others

[AmbrosialRage]

@youngcal0421 Ok ive done my home work on my race and BTW there's only 14 percent blacks in this country that are legal and of them i ask you how many must commit crimes in order for us to notice the, apparently quite a bit huh? its true the media does pick certain groups of people to stereo type but blacks arent the only ones have you ever heard the quote to corrupt a child simply tell them that theyre different from the others

[WritingYellow]

@VarianceFilms haha. thats wat the jews said years ago. history repeats itself, dude. just go watch it. or go 2 my page and watch the videos.

[MsJanetWood]

@VarianceFilms Um? Racist?  I never mentioned race.

I'm talking about kids in general.

[blackwolverine1]

the REAL education starts at home black people, do not and i mean do not depend so much on both the board of education and charter schools, home schooling is key.

[nagzul]

@youngcal0421 that wasnt what I was saying. I'm saying that those who do create "being black" are giving you a bad name by creating a racist stereotype on themselves.