 "TEN9EIGHT" was released in the fall of 2009 in a first-of-its-kind partnership with AMC Theaters in New York, LA, Washington DC, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami and Kansas City.BET and CENTRIC networks broadcast "TEN9EIGHT" initially on February 7, 2010 as part of Viacom's GET SCHOOLED initiative with the Gates Foundation.The broadcast coincided with a special screening at the White House Summit hosted by the US Department of Education and the Library of Congress, as well as the release of a companion book to the film, "Teens Blast Off", published by Scholastic.