After thirty years teaching in London, Mark Thackeray retires and returns to Chicago. There, however, the challenge of teaching kids in an inner city school proves to be too much to resist.
Sidney Poitier
Mark Thackeray
Christian Payton
Wilsie Carrouthers
Dana Eskelson
Evie
Fernando López
Danny Laredo
Casey Lluberes
Rebecca Torrado
Michael Gilio
Frankie Davanon
LZ Granderson
Arch Carrouthers
Bernadette Speakes
LaVerne Mariner
Jamie Kolacki
Stan Cameli
Saundra Santiago
Louisa Rodgriguez
Cheryl Lynn Bruce
Emily Taylor
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Barbara Pegg
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The Substitute 2: School's Out
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Class of 1984
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The Ron Clark Story
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Iron Jawed Angels
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Dirty Teacher
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A Dry White Season
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Cadillac Records
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The Principal
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Hardball
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Brave the Dark
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Only the Strong
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The United States of Leland
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Butterfly on a Wheel
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American Son
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Half Nelson
Bad Sister
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Backdraft 2