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Beyond the Blackboard (2011)
Directed by Jeff Bleckner
Overview
Inspired by a true story, “Beyond the Blackboard” is about a 24-year-old first-time teacher who makes a difference in the lives of the homeless children she teaches in a shelter’s makeshift classroom. Set in 1987 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this movie tells the story a brand-new teacher and Mom who is given a tougher than expected teaching job and winds up teaching homeless children in a school that is housed in a room and called, literally, The School with No Name. She has some personal prejudicial hurdles to cross before she is able to be a true teacher for these children and of course there are hurdles like the lack of books and supplies.
Rated PG | Length 100 minutes
Actors
Treat Williams | Julio Oscar Mechoso | Kiersten Warren | Timothy Busfield | Steve Talley | Nicki Aycox | Luce Rains | Emily VanCamp | Judy Herrera | Colin Baiocchi | Isabella Acres | Joshua Rush | Brandon Sanderson | Willow Shields | Mathew Greer | Lora Martinez-Cunningham | Deidrie Henry | Colin Jones | Paola Andino | Luis Jose Lopez | Liam McKanna | River Shields | Catherine Haun | Autumn Shields | Leedy Corbin | Savannah McReynolds | Jack Nation