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The Lottery is a 2010 documentary film about the crisis in public education directed by Madeleine Sackler. The film is produced by Blake Ashman-Kipervaser, James Lawler and Madeleine Sackler. The cinematographer was Wolfgang Held (Brüno, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, Children Underground).
Synopsis
The Lottery is a feature-length documentary that follows four families from Harlem and the Bronx in the months leading up to the lottery for Harlem Success Academy, one of the most successful schools in New York City. The film explores the debate surrounding the education reform movement. Politicians and educators are interviewed about the crisis and how they believe it can be fixed.
Participants
- Geoffrey Canada is the President and CEO of Harlem Children's Zone, which The New York Times Magazine called "one of the most ambitious social experiments of our time."
- Cory Booker is the mayor of Newark, New Jersey. He is a member of numerous boards and advisory committees that are committed to education.
- Candice Fryer is a teacher at Harlem Success Academy 2.
- Betsy Gotbaum was New York City Public Advocate from 2001 to 2009.
- Meredith Gotlin is the ] of PS29 in the Bronx.
- Joel Klein has been the New York City School Chancellor since 2002.
- Jim Manly is the Principal of Harlem Success Academy 2.
- Eva Moskowitz is the founder and CEO of Success Charter Network, which runs the Harlem Success Academies.
- Jessica Reid is a teacher at Harlem Success Academy 2.
- Susan Taylor was Editor in chief of Essence Magazine from 1981 to 2000. She founded the National CARES Mentoring Movement, whose goal is to recruit one million adult mentors.
- Dacia Toll is the President and co-CEO of Achievement First, which runs seventeen charter schools in Connecticut and New York.
- Paul Tough is an editor at The New York Times Magazine and the author of Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America.
Showing
It was shown at the Tribeca Film Festival.
The Lottery was released in cinemas on 7 May 2010, and on DVD on 30 May 2010.
Reception
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References
- The Lottery Documentary Shows Education Is a Sure Bet ("The Lottery" in single quotation marks in original title of article) (Opinion), by Errol Louis, in N.Y. Daily News, Apr. 29, 2010, as accessed May 1, 2010.
- Charter Kids Star: True Story of Lottery Hits Tribeca Fest, by Yoav Gonen (educ. rptr.) (add'l rptg. by Lachlan Cartwright), in N.Y. Post, Apr. 28, 2010, as accessed May 1, 2010.
- Ultrasuede to Bow at Tribeca: Pic Set For Fest's New Documentary Panel ("Ultrasuede" in single quotation marks in original article), by Pamela McClintock, in Variety, Mar. 30, 2010 (story prior to showing of film at Tribeca festival) (section Film), as accessed May 1, 2010.
- thelotteryfilm.com
- CNBC
External links