documentary waiting for superman, says it's the latter. david guggenheim's movie about the u.s. public school system will hit theaters. it follows students and their families on their uphill battle to secure good education in a system that guggenheim labeled broken. >> among 30 developed countries we rank 25th in math. >> reporter: reed, lauded by some for innovative ideas, and criticized, features in the documentary. says it's time the country gets a good look at what is happening. >> if you look at what's happened in america public education over the last years, we've gone from number one in a lot of respects to absolutely at the bottom amongst developed nations. >> reporter: while charter schools are portrayed positively in the new films, teachers unions are not, but this is no attack from the right. guggenheim is the academy award winning director and producer behind al gore's global warming documentary "an