Beyond the Blackboard(2011)

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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.

Beyond the Blackboard was directed by Jeff Bleckner and released in 2011. It is a family, drama film.

Beyond the Blackboard has a runtime of 1 hours and 40 minutes (100 minutes total).

The cast of Beyond the Blackboard includes Emily VanCamp as Stacey Bess, Steve Talley as Greg Bess, Willow Shields as Grace, Timothy Busfield as School district's HR representative, Julio Oscar Mechoso as Johnny Hernandez and more.