Movie Description:
CLASS ACT tells the inspirational story of eccentric public school drama teacher, Jay W Jensen, who taught for over 50years and became know as"Teacher to the Stars" by launching the careers of actor Andy Garcia, director Brett Ratner, songwriter DesmondChild, music executive Jose`Behar, Broadway producer Adam Epstein, sportscaster Roy Firestone and countlessothers. Filmmakers and Jensen alumni HeatherWinters and Sara Sackner go"back to school" to find the drama program has vanished, not only at their Miami Beach alma mater, but nationwide. CLASS ACT interweaves Jensen`s personalstory with the national story of arts education on life-support, and delivers a frightening look at how the loss of music, dance, theatre andart in America`s classrooms impacts the future of our nation`s children.
