Synopsis: Filmmaker Katie Dellamaggiore profiles a year in the lives of five young chess prodigies from Intermediate School 318, a Title 1 school in Brooklyn, New York that's home to some of the nation's most promising young strategists. Meanwhile, the chess team that has won 26 national titles faces serious setbacks in the form of a financial crisis that threatens the very future of their school.
gnvrcissism: my vision of utopia is a world where every kid is like the ones in 'brooklyn castle'. also, the adults.
amber_michelle: So is Brooklyn Castle ::adds to Instant Queue::
JaneatRandom: Just watched Brooklyn Castle (directed by Kate Dellamaggiore) w/ husband & son: great lesson in benefits of perseverance for all 3 of us!
dylabolical: #netflixrec: Brooklyn Castle: amazing doco championing merits of public education system. See it!
PaulieKwon: Just watched Brooklyn Castle. It moved my 9 yr old heart. But those kids would never beat me at chess. Never. #markitdown
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