REVIEW: Brooklyn Castle [2012]

“Only the strong make it to Saratoga” With so many documentaries the past few years focusing on adolescent education and the stressful amounts of work our society has deemed appropriate for kids to undertake rather than allowing them to be kids, a film like Katie Dellamaggiore‘s Brooklyn Castle is a welcome—albeit subtle—spin on the concept. Depicting the struggles of a school caught amidst the failing economy and the pressures put upon children of poor families yearning to witness a member of their clan go to college, the movie tells its…

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