Should you watch Spellbound?
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Spellbound
Documentary · 2002
This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scripps Howard national spelling bee championship in Washington D.C.
The sides of Spellbound
- Eight kids heading for the national spelling bee
- Parents and coaches drilling word lists
- A final round in Washington
Spellbound is good for you if…
- you hold your breath over one letter in a hard word.
- you want kids you root for, from very different homes.
- you like real kids and their real families, followed all the way to the national final.
Spellbound is bad for you if…
- you need more happening than children spelling words.
- you roll your eyes at hard work and the American dream.
About: ambition · immigration · childhood
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