7.5
Beyond the Blackboard
2011
At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could...
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.
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.
Edward James OlmosJaime A. Escalante
Lou Diamond PhillipsAngel Guzman
Rosanna DeSotoFabiola Escalante
Andy GarciaDr. Ramirez
Estelle HarrisSecretary
Mark PhelanCop
EliotTito (as Mark Eliot)
Carmen ArgenzianoMolina
Bodie OlmosFernando Escalante
Vanessa MarquezAna Delgado
Daniel VillarrealChuco
Ingrid OliuLupe Escobar
Lydia NicoleRafaela Fuentes
Betty CarvalhoAngel's Grandma
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