Is Brooklyn Castle violent?

No. Less violent than 92% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Brooklyn Castle easy watching?

Yes. More comforting than 88% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Brooklyn Castle end with hope?

Yes. More hopeful than 81% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Brooklyn Castle scary?

Barely. Less frightening than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Brooklyn Castle sad?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Brooklyn Castle

Name: Brooklyn Castle
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: John Galvin, Elizabeth Vicary, Rochelle Ballantyne, Pobo Efekoro, Justus Williams

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

Directed by Katie Dellamaggiore

Produced by Rescued Media, Doc Society

2012101 min6.9 / 10

An inspiring documentary about how chess transforms the lives of underprivileged students at an inner-city school, celebrating human potential and community resilience amid systemic challenges.

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.

Clusters

Inspiring Survival Stories Games And Gambling College Life Sports and Competitions School Life

Genres

Documentary

Keywords

Chess Scholarship Competition Chess Champion Chess Tournament Public School Woman Director

Questions people ask

Is Brooklyn Castle violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.
Is Brooklyn Castle easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.
Does Brooklyn Castle end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.
Is Brooklyn Castle scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.
Is Brooklyn Castle sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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