Waiting for "Superman"
(Video) 

Originally released as a motion picture in 2010.

Companion book: Waiting for "Superman" : how we can save America's failing public schools / edited by Karl Weber.

Special features: Optional audio feature commentary by director Davis Guggenheim and producer Lesley Chilcott -- Changing the odds (ca. 6 min. ; a look at innovative programs that are changing public education) -- Updates (text feature listing changes which have taken place since the making of the film) -- A conversation with Davis Guggenheim -- The future is in our classrooms -- The making of "Shine" (the film's title track by musician John Legend) -- deleted scenes.

Cinematography by Erich Roland, Bob Richman ; edited by Greg Finton, Jay Cassidy, Kim Roberts ; music by Christophe Beck ; title track "Shine" written and performed by John Legend.

Bill Strickland, Geoffrey Canada, Michelle Rhee, Randi Weingarten.

Provides an engaging and inspiring look at public education in the United States. This documentary has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of five unforgettable students such as Emily, a Silicon Valley eighth-grader who is afraid of being labeled as unfit for college, and Francisco, a Bronx first-grader whose mom will do anything to give him a shot at a better life.

MPAA rating: PG; some thematic material, mild language, and incidental smoking.

DVD ; NTSC, Region 1 ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

English or Spanish dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned.

Winner, Best Documentary, National Board of Review ; Winner, 2010 Audience Award, U.S. Documentary, Sundance Film Festival.