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Title:

Knights of the South Bronx [videorecording DVD] / an Allumination Filmworks release of an A&E Network presentation ; produced by John M. Eckert ; teleplay by Jamal Joseph and Dianne Houston ; story by Jamal Joseph ; produced and directed by Allen Hughes..

Format:

[videorecording DVD] /

Edition:

Fullscreen ed.

Publisher:

Allumination FilmWorks,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

1 videodisc (DVD)(90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Chess--Drama--Video disc (DVD).
Fourth grade (Education)--Drama--Video disc (DVD).
Elementary schools--Drama--Video disc (DVD).
Elementary school teachers--Drama--Video disc (DVD).
Television films--Video disc (DVD).
DVD-Video discs.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Drama--Video disc (DVD).

Other Authors:

Hughes, Allen.
Joseph, Jamal.
Houston, Dianne.
Arts and Entertainment Network.

Notes:

Ted Danson, Malcolm David Kelley, Brian Markinson, Kate Vernon, Yves Michel-Beneche, Yucini Diaz, Antonio Ortiz, Eugene Clark, Keke Palmer, Clifton Powell.

Summary:

Richard, recently unemployed, decides to return to his first love, teaching. When he finds a job as an inner-city schoolteacher teaching fourth grade, he discovers a way to reach out to his skeptical students through the game of chess.

Locations:

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)