A high school English teacher goes to disturbing lengths to protect his favorite students from bullies, and challenge the power of a wealthy patron within the community.
Acting
Dastmalchian's unsettling 'nice guy' unraveling
Direction
Dick makes suburbia feel like a pressure cooker
Writing
No easy heroes, just complicit bystanders
Director
Adam Dick
David Dastmalchian
James Lewis
Kevin Pollak
Bernard Cooper
Curtis Edward Jackson
Tim Cooper
Esme Perez
Daniela Lopez
Matthew Garry
Preston Walsh
Alejandro Raya
Hector Lopez
Cedric Young
Harold Olson
Ilyssa Fradin
Lisa Walsh
John Hoogenakker
Todd Harper
Karin Anglin
Julie Cooper
Sammy A. Publes
Luis Lopez
Charin Alvarez
Rosa Lopez
Sam Straley
Scott
Bryce Dannenberg
Young James Lewis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dick based the script on his own teaching experience in Chicago, where he witnessed how wealth insulated certain students from consequences.
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