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DESCRIPTION:THE CARTEL\nOpens at the Opera Plaza in San Francisco on April 30\nDirected 
 by: Bob Bowdon\nDistributed by: Moving Picture Institute\nRated: Not 
 Rated\nRunning Time: 93\nWebsite: http://www.thecartelmovie.com/\n\n\nABOUT 
 THE CARTEL | Teachers punished for speaking out. Principals fired for 
 trying to do the right thing. Union leaders defending the indefensible. 
 Bureaucrats blocking new charter schools. These are just some of the people 
 we meet in The Cartel. The film also introduces us to teens who can't read, 
 parents desperate for change, and teachers struggling to launch stable 
 alternative schools for inner city kids who want to learn. We witness the 
 tears of a little girl denied a coveted charter school spot, and we share 
 the triumph of a Camden homeschool's first graduating class.\n\nTogether, 
 these people and their stories offer an unforgettable look at how a 
 widespread national crisis manifests itself in the educational failures and 
 frustrations of individual communities. They also underscore what happens 
 when our schools don't do their job. "These are real children whose lives 
 are being destroyed," director Bob Bowdon explains.\n\nThe Cartel shows us 
 our educational system like we've never seen it before. Behind every 
 dropout factory, we discover, lurks a powerful, entrenched, and 
 self-serving cartel. But The Cartel doesn't just describe the problem. 
 Balancing local storylines against interviews with education experts such 
 as Clint Bolick (former president of Alliance for School Choice), Gerard 
 Robinson (president of Black Alliance for Educational Options), and Chester 
 Finn (president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute), The Cartel explores 
 what dedicated parents, committed teachers, clear-eyed officials, and 
 tireless reformers are doing to make our schools better for our 
 kids.\n\nThis movie will force the scales to fall from the eyes of 
 policymakers, education officials, reformers, intellectuals, teachers, and 
 taxpayers. Putting a human face on the harm done by the educational cartel, 
 The Cartel takes us beyond the statistics, generalizations, and 
 abstractions that typically frame our debates about education—and draws 
 an unequivocal bottom line: If we care about our children's futures, we 
 must insist upon far-reaching and immediate reform. And we must do it 
 now.\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/04/15/18644809.php
SUMMARY:The Cartel Film Opening
LOCATION:Landmark's Opera Plaza Cinema\n601 Van Ness Avenue\nSan Francisco, CA 94111
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/04/15/18644809.php
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