Beyond the Blackboard (2011)1h40
Family · Drama
Director Jeff Bleckner
Also directed Remember Sunday, Rear Window, White Water Summer, and 27 more
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.
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Cast
Emily VanCamp
Steve Talley
Willow Shields
Timothy Busfield
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Nicki Aycox
Kiersten Warren
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