At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could...
Release Date:
1988-03-11
Genre:
Drama
Runtime:
103 minutes
Director:
Ramón Menéndez
TMDB Rating:
0.00/10
Cast
Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy García, Estelle Harris, Mark Phelan, Virginia Paris, Eliot, Adelaida Alvarez, Carmen Argenziano, Bodie Olmos, Vanessa Marquez, Graham Galloway, Daniel Villarreal, Manuel Benitez
About the Movie
Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country’s top algebra and calculus students.