127 mins |
Rated
PG-13
Sidney Poitier stars as Mark Thackeray, an engineer by training who reluctantly takes a teaching job in a working-class London high school. His unruly students (played by an impressive group of unknowns) assume they'll easily gain the upper hand. Poitier, of course, has other ideas. Eventually he wins the students over, changing their lives -- and his -- in the process.
Film Class with Ian McIver
Tickets $10 at the door on class day.
October Theme:October Theme: Teachers challenged with extra curriculum expectations.
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Sidney Poitier stars as Mark Thackeray, an engineer by training who reluctantly takes a teaching job in a working-class London high school. His unruly students (played by an impressive group of unknowns) assume they'll easily gain the upper hand. Poitier, of course, has other ideas. Eventually he wins the students over, changing their lives -- and his -- in the process.
Film Class with Ian McIver
Tickets $10 at the door on class day.
October Theme:October Theme: Teachers challenged with extra curriculum expectations.