The First Lady Picked This Indie Movie to Frame Her Conversation About Education

The inner-city coming-of-age story The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete — which comes out on DVD today — played at festivals last year and was released in fewer than 200 theaters. Still, one very important person managed to take in a showing: Michelle Obama. It made quite an impression. On Jan. 15, the First Lady screened Mister and Pete during a discussion about the future of education in the United States, tied to the President’s stated goal to help U.S. to have the world’s hig...

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