December 1, 2010 9:21AM 

# Warner Brothers Distributes “The Cartel” 

By [Andrew J. Coulson](https://www.cato.org/people/andrew-coulson) 

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Early this year, when I heard that Paramount had picked up the education documentary “Waiting for Superman” after its award winning appearance at the Sundance Film Festival, I was honestly surprised. The film is not kind to the status quo education monopoly in this country, and Hollywood does not have a history of indicting that system *as a whole*. But its director was an Obama-supporting, “Inconvenient Truth” shooting Democrat who perhaps, I thought, had made the message palatable to the Left Coast establishment. It didn’t necessarily portend a fundamental change in Hollywood’s tastes.

But that was months ago. Times change. Yesterday I learned from Bob Bowdon, director of[ the brutally candid education expose “The Cartel”](http://www.amazon.com/The-Cartel/dp/B004CWJ24C) that his film has been picked up for distribution by Warner Brothers Studios. It’s now available not just for sale but instant viewing on Ama​zon​.com.

Remember 2010. It’s the year Americans finally started to tear down education’s Berlin Wall.

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