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Documentaries like Waiting for "Superman"

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The 3 reasons people love Waiting for "Superman"

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  1. You want to follow real families through a charter school lottery.

  2. You like asking who decides how schools are run.

  3. You're ready to be moved by children waiting for their name to be called.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

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  • Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids2004

    • you want to follow real families through a charter school lottery
    • you're ready to be moved by children waiting for their name to be called

    Good for you if you want real children from Calcutta's red light district telling their own lives.

  • Five Broken Cameras2011

    • you want to follow real families through a charter school lottery

    Good for you if you want to see Bil'in through the eyes of a man who lives there.

  • Fed Up2014

    • you want to follow real families through a charter school lottery
    • asking who decides how schools are run

    Good for you if you want to know what is really in the food on your plate.

  • Fahrenheit 11/92018

    • you want to follow real families through a charter school lottery
    • asking who decides how schools are run

    Good for you if you want the Flint water crisis told by the people who lived it.

  • One Child Nation2019

    • you want to follow real families through a charter school lottery
    • asking who decides how schools are run

    Good for you if you want to hear the people who lived the policy, in their own words.

  • Harlan County U.S.A.1976

    • you want to follow real families through a charter school lottery
    • asking who decides how schools are run

    Good for you if you want to stand on a real picket line for thirteen months.

  • Sicko2007

    • you want to follow real families through a charter school lottery
    • asking who decides how schools are run
    • you're ready to be moved by children waiting for their name to be called

    Good for you if you want to know how an insurer makes money by saying no.

  • The Corporation2003

    • you want to follow real families through a charter school lottery
    • asking who decides how schools are run

    Good for you if you want to understand how companies came to hold so much power.

  • He Named Me Malala2015

    • you want to follow real families through a charter school lottery

    Good for you if you want to know the teenager behind the Nobel Peace Prize.

  • Mr. Nobody Against Putin2025

    • you want to follow real families through a charter school lottery
    • asking who decides how schools are run

    Good for you if you want to see what Russian schools did after the invasion of Ukraine.

  • American: The Bill Hicks Story2010

    • you want to follow real families through a charter school lottery

    Good for you if you like the real life of a comedian told by the people who knew him.

  • Bully2011

    • you want to follow real families through a charter school lottery
    • you're ready to be moved by children waiting for their name to be called

    Good for you if you want to hear bullied kids and their parents in their own words.

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