Words abound in Sam Rega’s “Spelling the Dream,” which follows the winning streak of Indian-Americans at the National Spelling Bee. The Netflix documentary celebrates a group of young contestants who have dedicated their lives to outsmarting the dictionary, and nearly succeed. When spelling bee organizer Jacques Bailly runs out of words to give his wizkid contestants, he confesses, “We are throwing the dictionary at you and you are winning.” Audiences will also be at a loss for words while watching this inspirational doc.
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- 6/5/2020
- by Asher Luberto
- The Playlist
Forget about spelling them. There are words in “Spelling the Dream” that mere mortals may not even be able to say, even after a spelling bee pronouncer repeats it, gives the language of origin, repeats it again and uses it in a sentence. But the young’uns in this entertaining documentary — about the dominance of South Asian kids in the nation’s No. 1 spelling bee — appear undaunted.
Available on Netflix, “Spelling the Dream” begins with arguably its most exuberant moment: 2019’s Scripps National Spelling in which, after 20 rounds, eight kids tied for the title. Cue the parental fist pumps and roars. Seven of the winners were of South Asian or Indian descent; just one was white. When the kids did a victory lap and appeared on Jimmy Kimmel’s show, he looked at the light-haired girl and said, “What kind of name is Erin?”
“Spelling the Dream” provides some answers...
Available on Netflix, “Spelling the Dream” begins with arguably its most exuberant moment: 2019’s Scripps National Spelling in which, after 20 rounds, eight kids tied for the title. Cue the parental fist pumps and roars. Seven of the winners were of South Asian or Indian descent; just one was white. When the kids did a victory lap and appeared on Jimmy Kimmel’s show, he looked at the light-haired girl and said, “What kind of name is Erin?”
“Spelling the Dream” provides some answers...
- 6/1/2020
- by Lisa Kennedy
- Variety Film + TV
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