A first-time teacher makes a difference in the lives of homeless children
Inspired by a true story, “Beyond the Blackboard” is about a 24-year-old first-time teacher who makes a difference in the lives of the homeless children she teaches in a shelter’s makeshift classroom. Set in 1987 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this movie tells the story a brand-new teacher and Mom who is given a tougher than expected teaching job and winds up teaching homeless children in a school that is housed in a room and called, literally, The School with No Name. She has some personal prejudicial hurdles to cross before she is able to be a true teacher for these children and of course there are hurdles like the lack of books and supplies.
Camille Thomasson
Writer
Jeff Bleckner
Director
Emily VanCamp
Stacey Bess
Steve Talley
Greg Bess
Willow Shields
Grace
Timothy Busfield
School district's HR representative
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Johnny Hernandez
Nicki Aycox
Candy
Kiersten Warren
Danny's Mom
Treat Williams
Dr. Warren
Autumn Shields
Annie
Stand and Deliver77%
Dead Poets Society82%
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story72%
All Together Now67%
The Outsiders72%
Cry Macho59%
Detachment76%
Into the Wild77%
The Fabelmans75%
Hud72%
Pay It Forward73%
A Home of Our Own70%
The Long Game71%
To Kill a Mockingbird79%
The Wave69%
Normal66%
The Man Without a Face65%
Picnic at Hanging Rock72%
Starving in Suburbia65%
Ace in the Hole78%
