Stand and Deliver (1988)

Name: Stand and Deliver
Director: Ramón Menéndez
Genre: Drama
Released: 1988-03-11
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy Garcia, Estelle Harris

At a tough school, someone had to take a stand...and someone did. Together, one teacher and one class proved to America they could...

11 March 1988 · 1h 43mDrama

★ 7.8 / 10 · 496 votes on TMDB

Directed by Ramón Menéndez

What it's about

Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.