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Stand and Deliver (1988)

Stand and Deliver (1988)

Drama

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, March 11
Directors: Ramón Menéndez
Countries: United States of America
Production: American Playhouse, Olmos Productions, Olmos Productions
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Carmen Argenziano, Betty Carvalho, Estelle Harris, Andy Garcia, Irene Olga López, Daniel Villarreal, Mark Phelan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Vanessa Marquez, James Victor, Lydia Nicole

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.

Keywords:

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