Bob Bowdon's award-winning documentary The Cartel, an eloquent argument for reforming America's corrupt and wasteful public-school system, premieres today in theaters in New York and Los Angeles. It has already won rave reviews on both coasts!
The LA Times calls The Cartel "a punchy, provocative debut" and a "brisk, incisive and mind-boggling ... exposé." It concludes that: "What Bowdon has brought to light so vividly ... applies across the land, and it's hard to imagine any Angeleno watching this timely film without some sense of recognition."
The New York Post calls The Cartel "a revelation" and says that "few documentaries have covered such an important matter so convincingly and with such clarity."
The New Jersey Herald notes that "The Cartel is garnering praise from critics and film festivals alike for its portrayal of an educational system [that] sends urban students to 'dropout factories' with no funding for alternative schooling."
And the Village Voice calls The Cartel an "information-packed indictment," praising Bowdon for the "patience and logic with which he makes an argument for a state and a system in desperate need of reform."
New York City: The Cartel plays at the Quad Cinema from Friday, April 16, through Thursday, April 22. Showtimes are at 1:10 p.m., 3:10 p.m., 5:10 p.m., 7:10 p.m., and 9:30 p.m. At the 7:10 p.m. screening on April 16, there will be an education reform panel discussion and Q&A with Bob Bowdon, Derrell Bradford (executive director of Excellent Education for Everyone); Carlos Lejnieks (president of the NJ Charter Schools Association), and Marcus Winters (education scholar at the Manhattan Institute).
Los Angeles: The Cartel plays at the Laemmle Sunset 5 theater from Friday, April 16, through Thursday, April 22. Showtimes are at 1:00 p.m., 3:10 p.m., 5:20 p.m., 7:40 p.m., and 10:00 p.m. At the 7:40 p.m. showing on April 16 there will be an education reform panel discussion and Q&A with Ben Boychuk (education scholar at the Heartland Institute), Brian Calle (of the Claremont Institute) Marco Petruzzi (CEO of Green Dot Schools), and Larry Sand (of the California Teachers Empowerment Network).
Visit TheCartelMovie.com for more information!