Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
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.
Available to stream, rent or buy in India
Miami International Film Festival 1988
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy Garcia, Estelle Harris, Mark Phelan, Virginia Paris, Eliot, Adelaida Alvarez, Carmen Argenziano, Bodie Olmos, Vanessa Marquez, Graham Galloway, Daniel Villarreal, Manuel Benitez, Will Gotay, Ingrid Oliu, Karla Montana, Lydia Nicole, Betty Carvalho
Writers: Tom Musca (Writer), Ramón Menéndez (Writer)
Cinematographer: Tom Richmond
Production Designer: Milo
Editor: Nancy Richardson
Sound Designer: Stephen Halbert, Hamilton Sterling
Composer: Craig Safan
Costume Designer: Kathryn Morrison
Direction team: John Scherer (Second Assistant Director), Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt (First Assistant Director), Sydney Gilner (Script Supervisor)
Producers: Tom Musca, Lindsay Law, Iya Labunka
Production: American Playhouse, Olmos Productions
