Stand and Deliver

Name: Stand and Deliver
Director: Ramón Menéndez
Genre: Drama
Released: 1988-03-11
Duration: 1 h 43 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy Garcia, Estelle Harris

“At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could...”

7.7

1988

1h 43m

Drama

Director: Ramón Menéndez

Overview

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.