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    Beyond the Blackboard

    Beyond the Blackboard

    "A first-time teacher makes a difference in the lives of homeless children"

    2011

    1:40:03

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    Beyond the Blackboard

    Genre

    Family
    Drama

    Plot

    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.

    Director

    Jeff Bleckner

    Writers

    Camille Thomasson, Stacey Bess,

    Stars

    Emily VanCamp, Steve Talley, Willow Shields, Timothy Busfield, Julio Oscar Mechoso,