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Summary
The fascinating complexity of high school debate gives way to a portrait of the equally complex racial and class bias of American education in Greg Whiteley's riveting documentary.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 80GoodWatch 77
Audience score88%
IMDb7.1
Running time
1 h 31 min
A typical length for documentaries, −5 min on the typical 96
typical 9691Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
2007
January 1, 2007
19 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- PG-13United States
Better for older viewers: it's rated PG-13 in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for adults.
and 1 moreDirecting · 1
- Greg Whiteley Director, Writer
Visual Effects · 1
- Sean Donnelly Animation
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