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Brooklyn Castle (2012) is a documentary film about Intermediate School 318, an inner-city public school in Brooklyn, New York. Where an after-school chess program, having both dedicated educators and a supportive community, has triumphed over deep Read More..

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Description	Brooklyn Castle (2012) is a documentary film about Intermediate School 318, an inner-city public school in Brooklyn, New York. Where an after-school chess program, having both dedicated educators and a supportive community, has triumphed over deep budget cuts to build the most winning junior high school chess team in the country, Winning Games and Winning Hearts and the first middle school team to win the United States Chess Federation's national high school championship. The film follows five of the school's chess team members for one year, and documents their challenges and triumphs both on and off the chessboard.Remake rights have been acquired by Sony Pictures and producer Scott Rudin. Sony and Scott Rudin Acquire Remake Rights to 'Brooklyn Castle' Rudin's other works include co-producing the acclaimed film Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993).Brooklyn Castle premiered at the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival on March 11, 2012. Over the next several months it was shown during at least eleven other film festivals winning a total of three festival awards to date. 'Brooklyn Castle' Awards The film was released to a limited number of U.S. theaters on October 19, 2012. 'Brooklyn Castle' in Theaters on October 19, 2012
Description	Brooklyn Castle (2012) is a documentary film about Intermediate School 318, an inner-city public school in Brooklyn, New York. Where an after-school chess program, having both dedicated educators and a supportive community, has triumphed over deep budget cuts to build the most winning junior high school chess team in the country, Winning Games and Winning Hearts and the first middle school team to win the United States Chess Federation's national high school championship. The film follows five of the school's chess team members for one year, and documents their challenges and triumphs both on and off the chessboard.Remake rights have been acquired by Sony Pictures and producer Scott Rudin. Sony and Scott Rudin Acquire Remake Rights to 'Brooklyn Castle' Rudin's other works include co-producing the acclaimed film Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993).Brooklyn Castle premiered at the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival on March 11, 2012. Over the next several months it was shown during at least eleven other film festivals winning a total of three festival awards to date. 'Brooklyn Castle' Awards The film was released to a limited number of U.S. theaters on October 19, 2012. 'Brooklyn Castle' in Theaters on October 19, 2012

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Director	Katie Dellamaggiore
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Cinematography	Brian Schulz
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Editing	Nelson Dellamaggiore
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Starring	Rochelle Ballantyne , Justus Williams , James Black , Jr.
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Music	B. Satz
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Runtime	101 minutes
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Country	United States
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Language	English
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Producer	Katie Dellamaggiore , Nelson Dellamaggiore , Brian Schulz
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Released	2012/03/11 (South by Southwest Film Festival) /2012/10/19 (United States)
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