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Davis Guggenheim has used his mastery of documentary style filmmaking again, this time to tell a story about the current state of the educational system in the United States in his new film “Waiting for Superman.”

Millions of kids enrolled in the public school system in United States are on a path destined for failure. The harsh reality is shown in the film that the No Child Left Behind Act is only an unattainable dream in the present and the near future unless something changes.

Guggenheim shows his audience that the hopes and dreams of millions of kids and their futures ride on a randomized lottery number to determine if they are selected to enter a good public school or not.

This is because there are too few successful public schools, and the number of kids that are actually able to get into most of the schools ends up being around one in eight.

Without the hope of getting into one of these pristine schools, students are subject to going to schools known as dropout schools and dead-end schools that do not lead them anywhere, except maybe prison.

The film also shows that even schools that are supposedly ranked as some of the best elementary, middle schools and high schools in the country are not necessarily rightly advertised.

Who is supposed to take care of us and fix the problems in the world if not the future generations of American students?

Davis Guggenheim is a very well-known director in the documentary genre and directed the award-winning film “An Inconvenient Truth” and the musical documentary “It Might Get Loud” last year.

This year he touches upon a deeper topic that people can connect to more on a personal level and see how important the problem is.

The film itself is a wakeup call that Guggenheim bases around the stories and the struggles of a handful of kids trying to catch a break and get help from someone in their lives.

They are “waiting for Superman” to save them from the fate set before them. The kids themselves are interviewed, giving a very personal perspective to this usually generalized topic.

This filming style is very important to the message of the film and the impact it has because the educational system is all about the kids.

Guggenheim suggests that in order for change to occur, we all need to be aware of the world around us. It is our social responsibility to give back to the world by giving our time through volunteering or donating our money to make the world a better place.