An aspiring teacher (Hughley) takes the one job he's offered, a position at a school inside a prison.
Acting
Hughley surprisingly committed; the inmates steal every scene.
Writing
Prison-teacher clichés elevated by genuine moments.
Director
Charles Winkler
D.L. Hughley
Ben Cross
Jose Pablo Cantillo
Gabriel Garcia
Daniel Louis Rivas
Pretty
Barry Shabaka Henley
Virgil
Kristen Wilson
Helen
Tony Lee
Korean Cop
David Andriole
Councilman Yorkin
Mark Berry
Rasheed Jackson
Georg Stanford Brown
Warden
Rob Brownstein
Duncan Towers
Lizette Carrión
Rosa
Pablo Santos
Minnow
Mandy June Turpin
Nurse Browning
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Charles Winkler is son of legendary producer Irwin Winkler—nepotism or earned? You decide.
This quietly rode the 2000s wave of 'inspirational teacher' films that peaked with Freedom Writers, then vanished.
US
