Beyond the Blackboard

2011

100 min

7.5

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

Family, Drama

Director

Jeff Bleckner

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

Emily VanCamp

Steve Talley

Willow Shields

Timothy Busfield

Julio Oscar Mechoso

Nicki Aycox

Kiersten Warren

Treat Williams

Autumn Shields

River Shields

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Beyond the Blackboard

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.

  • Emily VanCamp

  • Steve Talley

  • Willow Shields

  • Timothy Busfield

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