The doc. Brooklyn Castle - A Royal Winner

This doc. film is incredibly inspiring due to the students, teachers, parents & the life lessons learned.  It is a MUST SEE.  New Yorkers, were you aware of middle school 318 in Brooklyn? They have a national chess team that has won 26 national titles, "the Yankees of chess."  This film won my heart for these students/adults and my ire @ the budget cuts being made to the arts in the public schools.  The student body is varied but there is a common link of financial struggles for the families & the school and a bond of camaraderie that is extraordinary.  This current doc. shines on the chess team students, their selfless, amazingingly dedicated teachers/faculty & their loving, supportive families. History is being made by the hard work & dedication of students & teachers alike.  Several of the members of the chess team are featured, but suffice it to say they are all self-motivated & form an indomitable team.  The teachers are all to be lauded for what they bring to these young people's lives.  "Chess allows the students to deeply learn a subject and how to navigate for themselves.  There are no right or wrong answers, they're are only different answers."  This movie will leave you inspired and hopefully angry enough to insure public schools have the funding they need for their programs.  "How can we develop the whole child without the arts, chess, music & dance."  This doc, film shows Camelot has risen in Brooklyn.