Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.
Edward James Olmos | Jaime Escalante | |
Estelle Harris | Secretary | |
Mark Phelan | Cop | |
Virginia Paris | Raquel Ortega | |
Eliot | Tito Guitaro | |
Adelaida Álvarez | Sexy Girl | |
Will Gotay | Pancho Garcia | |
Patrick Baca | Javier Perales | |
Ingrid Oliu | Lupe Escobar | |
Carmen Argenziano | Jesse Molina | |
Richard Martinez | Heavy Metal Boy | |
Mark Everett | Heavy Metal Boy | |
Tyde Kierney | Joe Goodell | |
Rosanna DeSoto | Fabiola Escalante | |
Bodie Olmos | Fernando Escalante | |
Karla Montana | Claudia Camejo | |
Vanessa Marquez | Ana Delgado | |
Daniel Villarreal | Chuco | |
Lou Diamond Phillips | Angel Guzman | |
Michael Goldfinger | Coach | |
Michael Yama | Sanzaki | |
Lydia Nicole | Rafaela Fuentes | |
Graham Galloway | Craig | |
Betty Carvalho | Angel's Grandma | |
Irene Olga Lopez | Lupe's Mother |
Director | Ramon Menendez | |
Writer | Ramon Menendez, Tom Musca | |
Producer | Iya Labunka, Lindsay Law, Tom Musca | |
Musician | Craig Safan | |
Photography | Tom Richmond |