Film Festival Monthly Series Features WAITING FOR SUPERMAN

Oct 29, 2010 from 8:30pm to 10:15pm UTC-07
Location: Varsity Theatre
Latest Activity: Nov 8, 2022

Waiting for SupermanFriday, October 29, 6p & 8:30pVarsity Theatre, Ashland, OregonAcademy Award winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) scrutinizes the U.S. public-education system in this critically acclaimed documentary. Waiting for Superman follows a handful of promising kids through schools that inhibit, rather than encourage, academic growth. Guggenheim explores the system and its seemingly intractable problems, surveying "drop-out factories" and "academic sinkholes.” Embracing the belief that “good teachers make good schools,” he champions approaches taken by education reformers and charter schools."Makes you actually want to do something after you dry your eyes." Washington Post"Powerful. Compelling. A revolution." TimeFor more information and to view the trailer: http://www.ashlandfilm.org/Page.asp?NavID=487.Discounted tickets for AIFF members and general public tickets are available now at the Varsity Theatre Box Office. General public tickets are also available online now with a $1 per ticket service charge. The screenings continue a series of Southern Oregon premieres and encores of film festival favorites showing on selected Fridays through November at the Varsity. The screenings will begin a theatrical run of the film and benefit the non-profit AIFF thanks to Coming Attractions Theatres.

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Film Festival Monthly Series Features WAITING FOR SUPERMAN

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