The Lottery (2010)

Release Date: June 11th, 2010

Starring: Cory Booker, Geoffrey Canada, Joel Klein, Eva Moskowitz, Susan Taylor

Director: Madeleine Sackler

Writer: Madeleine Sackler

Studio: Variance Films

Genre: Documentary

Runtime: 1 hour 21 minutes

“The Lottery” is a documentary, presented by a prominent filmmaker Madeleine Sackler and shot by award-winning cameraman Wolfgang Held. The film touches upon sore subjects of the American educational system, revealing outrageous facts of injustice and so-called lottery for those children, who attempt to enter one of the best schools in New York.

Four families from the Bronx and Harlem are fighting for the chance of their children to be accepted in the school in question, for their best future. Although they know it perfectly well – only few students will be chosen in this sort of lottery, while the majority of the other candidates will be turned away.

The documentary explores the breakdown of American education, its reasons and the way, how it could be possibly meet. The film is provided by numerous interviews with educators and politicians, who express their opinion on the problem.

The emotional stories of four children, full of dreams, hope or disillusionment are given in the film to make it clear – the possibility to get an education in US is presently very much like a high-stakes lottery.  And it is high time the educational system was reorganized.

Click here to Download THE LOTTERY (2010)