The man who gave us “An Inconvenient Truth” has some more inconvenient things to tell us
This time, documentarian Davis Guggenheim is targeting the U.S public school system with his film, currently titled “Waiting for Superman.”
Worldwide rights for the film have been acquired by Paramount Vantage, the studio announced today.
The news release doesn’t mention a title, which means the name could change between now and later this year when the documentary will hit theaters nationwide.
“Superman” is set to bow at the Sundance Film Festival this week.
Liberals embraced “Truth” for its call to arms regarding global warming. But conservatives, who often critique the state of the public school system, might find a new hero in Guggenheim this time around. The film allegedly places much of the blame on the teachers unions.
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Sounds promising but not sure. I will wait for your review before I make the decision to check it out.
Never Seen “An Inconvenient Truth,” but wasn’t that flic basically him documenting Al Gore, and the “truths” al was pandering, or was his directorial style as documentarian activist? or did it just seem that since the subject matter itself was activist?
I’m torn about a lot of documentaries, but if he makes an effort to let the subject matter to speak for itself then in might not be wrong to expect a rather harsh expression against teachers unions, since if he’s honest about the material he will have to offer comparissons, which will put him in contact with private education institutions that don’t receive subsidies, yet with greater successes making him go “Wait, WTF?!?!?!”
I don’t know I like documentaries even the bad ones reaching into farce (everything alex jones is associated with is high comedy.) so who knows.