Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon is a 2009 documentary film about inner city teenagers who compete in an annual business plan competition run by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) written, directed, and produced by Mary Mazzio.
Synopsis Mary Mazzio's Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon, is about teenagers competing in a nationwide business contest. It follows the stories of several inner city teens (of differing race, religion, and ethnicity) as they compete in the annual business plan competition run by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). The teens come from all over the country and are among the 24,000 students that compete in the event each year, with the winner taking home a $10,000 grand prize.
It played in movie theaters owned by its sponsor, AMC Entertainment, in seven US cities.
Critical reception Critical reception was unenthusiastic. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 49 out of 100, based on eight critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.
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External links Official movie website