When a privileged law student gets a homework assignment to help a disadvantaged single mother find—and keep—a job, he learns that some of the greatest lessons aren’t taught in school.
Acting
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe carries every scene with grit and grace
Writing
Actually confronts class instead of glossing over it
Director
David S. Cass Sr.
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
Kylie Burch
Justin Bruening
Whitt Sheffield
Constance Marie
Victoria Corrales
Eric Roberts
Benjamin Sheffield
Ryan Carnes
Alex Bianco
Catherine Mary Stewart
Julia Sheffield
Maxwell Perry Cotton
Shane Burch
Lauren Glazier
Jennifer Burch
Jennifer Rhodes
Judge
Margaret Easley
Ellen Garrison
Darlene Kardon
Mrs. Madison
Denise Dowse
Patty Allen
Lorena Mena
Nurse Tanaka
Eli Goodman
Dr. Franklin
Rachel Avery
Meg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This quietly subverts the 'white savior' trope by making Whitt the one who needs saving from his own ignorance.
Director David S. Cass Sr. specialized in this exact niche — earnest dramas about unlikely connections that somehow never feel completely cynical.
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