Brooklyn Castle

Brooklyn Castle (2012) is a documentary film about Intermediate School 318, an inner-city public school in Brooklyn, New York. Where an after-school chess program, having both dedicated educators and a supportive community, has triumphed over deep budget cuts to build the most winning junior high school chess team in the country,[1] and the first middle school team to win the United States Chess Federation's national high school championship. The film follows five of the school's chess team members for one year, and documents their challenges and triumphs both on and off the chessboard.

Brooklyn Castle
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Katie Dellamaggiore
Produced by	Katie Dellamaggiore Nelson Dellamaggiore Brian Schulz
Starring	Rochelle Ballantyne Justus Williams James Black, Jr.
Music by	B. Satz
Cinematography	Brian Schulz
Edited by	Nelson Dellamaggiore
Distributed by	Producers Distribution Agency
Release date	March 11, 2012 (2012-03-11) (South by Southwest Film Festival) October 19, 2012 (2012-10-19) (United States)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Remake rights have been acquired by Sony Pictures and producer Scott Rudin.[2] Rudin's other works include co-producing the acclaimed film Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993).

Brooklyn Castle premiered at the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival on March 11, 2012. Over the next several months it was shown during at least eleven other film festivals winning a total of three festival awards to date.[3] The film was released to a limited number of U.S. theaters on October 19, 2012.[4] Brooklyn Castle was aired on the PBS series POV on October 7, 2013.