Stand and Deliver

Name: Stand and Deliver
Released: 1988
Rating: 7.3

At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could...

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DramaEmotional DepthHidden GemPhilosophical

Why Watch

A Drama pick with emotionally resonant storytelling — Filmistani Score 77.

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Synopsis

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.