Summaries

After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.

The true story of a young teacher who fights against the board of education in her bid to teach underprivileged kids in a Harlem school the beauty of music through the violin. In her struggle she loses everything as the system comes down on her with all their might but her determination for the kids happiness helps her to battle back with wonderfully inspirational results.—Kryp <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • female protagonist
  • teacher
  • school
  • musician
  • violin
Genres
  • Drama
  • Music
Release date Oct 28, 1999
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG
Countries of origin United States
Language English Spanish
Filming locations New York City, New York, USA
Production companies Miramax Craven-Maddalena Films

Box office

Budget $27000000
Gross US & Canada $14859394
Opening weekend US & Canada $3653281
Gross worldwide $14936407

Tech specs

Runtime 2h 4m
Color Color
Sound mix DTS Dolby Digital SDDS
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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