Blackboard Jungle(1955)Plot Summary–A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.Our thoughts:–One of two Sidney Poitier movies on the list. In this one he was a student…..in the movie furth...
“Momo”(Peaches)is about a 29yr old woman who goes back to her hometown for a funeral many years after moving away. The woman was involved in a scandal with her teacher when she was young, when people found out she and her family moved to Tokyo. “Taiyô no mieru basho made” (D...
In this heart-warming story, a devoted African-American teacher in an inner-city school in Chicago facing tough challenges, tries to help children from the ghetto to learn something. The Marva Collins Story shows us Westside Preparatory School’s first year after the creation, during which, in...
Overview:Japan has a society where it's common for young children to take public transport to school without being accompanied by a teacher or guardian, so the country's adolescents are admirably independent. Of course, it’s always nerve wracking to send your child off into the world where ...
See if you can follow this. An inner-city high school in Miami is descending into anarchy. The students have open disrespect for the teachers. A gang of drug
Once there, his art teacher helps him thrive through understanding and the expressive power of art. Next clue: This film is one of the two movies released in the fall of 2006 that starred both Andy Serkis and Hugh Jackman. The other is "Flushed Away." The Prestige (2006) - Director:...
McNeil, Harold
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Kyle spent his childhood and most of his teenage years climbing trees and falling into rivers. He loved the arts but never gave a thought about acting as a career until his high school drama teacher suggested instead of skipping class he should try out for the ...
One night, after a brutal mugging escalates into a murder, Boston dares to challenge Tsotsi's sense of wrong and right. Boston studied to be a teacher, but got sidetracked by his own alcoholism, and he seems himself as the one member of the crew who knows better. He interrogates Tsotsi...
Worn out story of high school teacher forced to coach an undisciplined boy's basketball team. Perlman makes it work though and turns them into winners. Soul in the Hole (1996)… A documentary on one of the top inner-city street basketball team, Kenny's Kings, coached by Kenny Jones ...