Take the Lead

Take the Lead (2006), is the real story of a dance teacher who wants to help a group of students who are currently in detention. They live with ghetto problems like gangs, drugs, domestic violence. The system gave up on them, but their dance teacher did not.

Like Stars on Earth

I wish we all have a better understanding of dyslexia because there are many dyslexic children in the world. Some manage to survive school, maybe with great difficulty of course. Yet, where parents and teachers work together as a team, they help those children with their difficulties more efficiently. Therefore, they would have a good job and a better life.

Scent of a Woman

A retired Lt. Col. in the US Army, Frank Slade has a plan for the weekend. His plan involves travel, women, limousines, tango, good food and fine wine. 

Charlie is a student at Baird prep school and looking forward to going to university. He agrees to look after Frank over Thanksgiving, for he needs to pay for a flight home for Christmas. The job is not what Charlie expects. Frank’s niece says the job will be easy money, but she does not reckon Charlie spending time with Frank in New York. Frank is blind and seems impossible to get along with.

Slumdog Millionaire

This movie is a kind of story of a boy (Jamal) who does not give up on his first and true love.

Jamal and Salim are brothers who grow up in a slum in the city. While Salim takes the path of material wealth, Jamal becomes more interested in the spiritual wealth of love.

Coach Carter (2005)

It is a film based on the true story of Richmond High School basketball coach Carter, most known for locking his basketball team out of the gym due to its poor academic performance.

I see a system that is designed for you to fail.

– Coach Carter 

Battle of the Brave (2004)

The film was initially titled New France because the plot takes place in Quebec before and after British Invasion. That was shot mainly in Quebec and Eastern Canada, which makes the film realistic.