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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.

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

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Edward James Olmos

Jaime A. Escalante


Lou Diamond Phillips

Angel Guzman


Rosanna DeSoto

Fabiola Escalante


Andy Garcia

Dr. Ramirez


Estelle Harris

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Virginia Paris

Raquel Ortega


Eliot

Tito (as Mark Eliot)

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