CinemaOSMovie · 2012 · 1h 41m · PG

Brooklyn Castle

Imagine a school where the cool kids are the chess team. Welcome to I.S. 318

68%(20)IMDbDocumentary

Brooklyn Castle is a documentary about I.S. 318 – an inner-city school where more than 65 percent of students are from homes with incomes below the federal poverty level – that also happens to have the best, most winning junior high school chess team in the country. (If Albert Einstein, who was rated 1800, were to join the team, he’d only rank fifth best.) Chess has transformed the school from one cited in 2003 as a “school in need of improvement” to one of New York City’s best. But a series of recession-driven public school budget cuts now threaten to undermine those hard-won successes.

Directed byKatie Dellamaggiore

Play
Status
Released
Runtime
1h 41m
Language
EN
Released
October 19, 2012
Revenue
$219,407
Studios
Doc SocietyRescued Media

Watch the

Trailers & teasers

1 video
Brooklyn Castle - In theaters now [OFFICIAL TRAILER]

Brooklyn Castle - In theaters now [OFFICIAL TRAILER]

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

John Galvin

Himself

Elizabeth Vicary

Herself

Rochelle Ballantyne

Herself

Pobo Efekoro

Himself

Justus Williams

Himself

Alex Stripunsky

Himself

James Stallings

Himself

Maurice Ashley

Maurice Ashley

Himself

Alexis Paredes

Himself

Miron Sher

Himself

Creative team
Directed by
Katie Dellamaggiore
Produced by
Brian Schulz
Katie Dellamaggiore

Keep watching

More like this

Visions of Europe5.1

Visions of Europe

2004 · Film

Adele: Homecoming

Adele: Homecoming

2017 · Film

Bots High7.0

Bots High

2010 · Film

Are You Really My Friend?

Are You Really My Friend?

2017 · Film

Blackmails And Assholism

Blackmails And Assholism

2007 · Film

Back on Board: Greg Louganis7.4

Back on Board: Greg Louganis

2014 · Film

Dark Matter6.7

Dark Matter

2013 · Film

Michael Lost and Found5.5

Michael Lost and Found

2017 · Film

Junk Story6.8

Junk Story

2015 · Film

Mighty Ground8.5

Mighty Ground

2017 · Film

Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies5.6

Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies

2017 · Film

Microcosmos7.6

Microcosmos

1996 · Film

Fatma 75

Fatma 75

1975 · Film

Mouseholes5.0

Mouseholes

1999 · Film

Madame Winger Makes a Film: A Survival Guide for the 21st Century9.0

Madame Winger Makes a Film: A Survival Guide for the 21st Century

2001 · Film

Roundup

Roundup

2020 · Film

Le temps des amoureuses

Le temps des amoureuses

2008 · Film

Picked for you

Recommended movies

Untold: Chess Mates7.0

Untold: Chess Mates

2026 · Film

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return6.8

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

2022 · Film

Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/207.2

Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20

2022 · Film

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals7.1

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals

2022 · Film

Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present7.3

Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present

2012 · Film

Cameraperson6.7

Cameraperson

2016 · Film

Being James Bond7.8

Being James Bond

2021 · Film

All the Empty Rooms7.2

All the Empty Rooms

2025 · Film

The Walking Dead: The Return7.4

The Walking Dead: The Return

2024 · Film

Weiner7.3

Weiner

2016 · Film

Deliver Us from Evil7.2

Deliver Us from Evil

2006 · Film

The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story7.3

The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story

2019 · Film

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible7.3

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible

2021 · Film

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness7.0

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

2022 · Film

Maria by Callas7.4

Maria by Callas

2017 · Film

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye7.2

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye

2022 · Film

Senna8.1

Senna

2010 · Film

Roger Waters: The Wall8.0

Roger Waters: The Wall

2014 · Film

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction6.9

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

2013 · Film

Sidney6.9

Sidney

2022 · Film