Overview
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.
Details
- Director
- Ramón Menéndez
- Writer
- Ramón Menéndez
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- N/A
Cast
Adelaida Alvarez
Andy García
Carmen Argenziano
Edward James Olmos
Eliot
Estelle Harris
Lou Diamond Phillips
Mark Phelan
Rosanna DeSoto
Virginia Paris
Keywords
based on true story
drop-out
education
high school teacher
mathematics
mexican american
teacher
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