Stand and Deliver

Released 1988 · Drama · 103 min · ★ 7.8/10 · Directed by Ramón Menéndez

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.