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Joshua Rush, Emily VanCamp, Steve Talley, Timothy Busfield, Julio Oscar Mechoso

100 min

2011-04-24

"Beyond the Blackboard," based on a true story, is about a 24-year-old first-time teacher who makes a difference in the lives of the homeless children she teaches in a makeshift classroom in a shelter. This film, set in 1987 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, tells the story of a brand-new teacher and mother who is assigned a tougher-than-expected teaching job and ends up teaching homeless children in a school housed in a room and dubbed "The School with No Name." She must overcome some personal prejudices before she can be a true teacher for these children, as well as obstacles such as a lack of books and supplies.