SCHOOL FOR THOUGHT

The Luck of the Draw

The Lottery is a movie about the more than 3,000 applicants who apply for 475 spots at Harlem Success Academy, a New York charter school. It shows how important the lottery is to their children’s futures and how devastating it is for the majority who don’t win. The inevitable conclusion is that the Harlem Success Academy should be cloned so that children’s futures don’t depend on the luck of a draw.