Movie Description:
What happens in Rafe Esquith`s classroom defies the odds. With genuinepassion and ironclad conviction, Esquithturns the Asian-American and Latinochildren of a violence-strickenLos Angeles neighborhood onto the wonders of Shakespeare,Mark Twain, and mathematics. They are refreshinglyengaged as Esquith takes them to visit national monuments, leads them on tours of college campuses, and implores them to workhard and believe in their ownself-worth. At the end of the semester they pull together-witha little help from actors IanMcKellen and Michael York- their final triumph: a studentproduction of Hamlet. Through tears andlaughter, this endearing troupe casts aside conventional wisdom about the failures of education in the UnitedStates.
