
"At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could..."
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.
Director
Ramón Menéndez
Revenue
$13,994,920
Status
Released

Edward James Olmos
Jaime A. Escalante

Lou Diamond Phillips
Angel Guzman

Rosanna DeSoto
Fabiola Escalante

Andy Garcia
Dr. Ramirez

Estelle Harris
Secretary

Mark Phelan
Cop
Virginia Paris
Raquel Ortega

Eliot
Tito (as Mark Eliot)