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Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 documentary film from director Davis Guggenheim and producer Lesley Chilcott. The film analyzes the failures of the American public education system by following several students as they strive to be accepted into a charter school.
The film received the Audience Award for best documentary at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. The film also received the Best Documentary Feature at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards.
Waiting for "Superman" premiered in the US on September 24, 2010, in theaters in New York and Los Angeles, with a rolling wider release that began on October 1, 2010. During its opening weekend in New York City and Los Angeles, the film grossed $141,000 in four theaters, averaging $35,250 per theater.
The film's title is based on an interview with Geoffrey Canada wherein he recounts being told (as a child) by his mother that Superman was not real, and how he was frightened because there was nobody to save him.[citation needed]
The film has earned both praise and negative criticism from commentators, reformers, and educators. As of May 1, 2011 (2011 -05-01)[update], the film has an 89% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
I am seated here
Closed in my tears
I look outside and imagine to see her
Free to fly without depending on no one
Free to wait for light and life will light up
I don't know! But I'm ready
I don't know! Meantime waiting
Waiting for the time for love
Waiting for the time for love
I want to love her eyes
I want to love her voice
Want to fall in love to the moment of my rise
Now I have no doubts, that girl will like me
Time is running out, but I haven't found her yet
I don't know! But I'm ready
I don't know! Meantime waiting
Waiting for the time for love
Waiting for the time for love
Waiting for the time for love
Waiting for the time for love
I don't know! I'm still ready
I don't know! Meantime I await...
Waiting for the time for love
Waiting for the time for love
Waiting for the time for love
Waiting for the time for love