A teacher walks into a classroom full of chaos. No superhero cape, just stubborn hope.
The story of a young idealistic teacher and his struggle with a class of difficult students in a northern British Columbia school.
Acting
Wisden's restrained desperation never begs for sympathy.
Cinematography
BC forestry towns look beautifully, brutally unforgiving.
Writing
Students feel like actual teenagers, not movie problems.
Director
James Swan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in actual northern BC schools with local non-actors filling out the classroom.
Part of a forgotten wave of 1980s Canadian TV films exploring rural working-class collapse before 'prestige' television existed.
US
CA
