Brooklyn Castle (2012 )
The moving film by Katie Dellamaggiore follows the school chess team over two years as one of its members, Rochelle Ballantyn, works toward her goal of becoming the first female African-American grandmaster in American history. The team faces a persistent risk of losing funding due to state budget cuts during the same years. Unless you have a very knowledgeable audience, there is no cinematic method to depict a game of chess. If you haven't experienced all the moves that led up to that point, photographing a deadly play that results in checkmate, for instance, is meaningless. However, you can capture a child's eyes, smile, and parents' pleasure in their offspring. And Rochelle's smile as she receives the master title and the four-year scholarship from the same competition.
65 percent of the households with children in I.S. 318 live in poverty according to federal standards. The school's long-running after-school chess program has won many games recently, but "Brooklyn Castle" takes place while it is at its most successful. Friendly coach John Galbin and loving instructor Elizabeth Vicery, who is also rated at the expert level, lead the children.
However, chess knowledge makes it clear that a coach cannot succeed in your favor. A coach can go over tactics, board regions, and well-known openings, but eventually every player enters the uncharted territory where there are more moves than there are atoms in the cosmos. All you have is your thoughts, trying to navigate the infinite more successfully than your adversary. I have no chance of playing at the level these students have reached because I am a player of average strength. However, if I succeed, I will have outperformed the player across the table, and everyone knows that the game is ended when the opposing player begrudgingly throws over his king to declare victory. When we carry it out on our own, we know it even better.
In "Brooklyn Castle," we see the players getting together after school, hanging around, and going to competitions that, for some, mark the first flights in their family's history. We also observe the ADD-suffering team member Patrick's soaring self-esteem. That can be catastrophic for a chess player, thus any form of therapy must be outweighed by the evidence that his playing has improved.
Note: At the 2012 SXSW Film Festival, "Brooklyn Castle" earned the Audience Award.
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