Wild misrepresentations of what can be done, like the movie Waiting for Superman, actually undermine the very case they are trying to make.

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Films such as Waiting for Superman and The Lottery focus on heartstrings stories of students trying desperately to get out of bad public schools into excellent charter schools.

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Geoffrey Canada, the president of the Harlem Children's Zone who was featured in the 2010 education documentary "Waiting for Superman, " moved from the Bronx to Wyandanch to live with his grandparents and attend high school, between 1967 to 1970.

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Every night, for months, the television showed Euro-angular German stockbrokers, post-frat looking American traders, frantically disheveled Asian commodities brokers all looking up at tickers the home audience couldn't see, staring blankly upward as if they were waiting for Superman to save them.

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"Waiting for 'Superman, ' " directed by Davis Guggenheim, takes a national approach, following children applying for charter schools in New York, California and Washington.

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"Even if you don't have kids, you should care about public education, " said Lesley Chilcott, producer of WAITING FOR "SUPERMAN".

ENGADGET: Waiting for Superman Blu-ray dated February 15th with HD special features & donation credit

The WAITING FOR "SUPERMAN" Blu-ray is presented in 1080p high definition with Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese subtitles.

ENGADGET: Waiting for Superman Blu-ray dated February 15th with HD special features & donation credit

Named the Best Documentary of the year by the National Board of Review, and cited by the American Film Institute as one of the year's best movies, WAITING FOR "SUPERMAN" was called "an electrifying call to action" (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone), and has launched a movement to achieve real and lasting change in the nation's schools.

ENGADGET: Waiting for Superman Blu-ray dated February 15th with HD special features & donation credit