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Real Women Have Curves
Why this pick
Shared genres: Drama.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1988 1h 43m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Jaime Escalante becomes a math teacher at Garfield High School (Los Angeles County, California) in East Los Angeles, California. The school is full of Hispanic students from working-class families who are far below their grade level in terms of academic skills and also have a lot of social problems. Escalante seeks to change the school culture to help the students excel in academics. He soon realizes the untapped potential of his class and sets a goal of having the students take AP Calculus by their senior year. Escalante instructs his class under the philosophy of ''ganas'', roughly translating to "desire" or "motivation."
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Edward James Olmos
Jaime A. Escalante
Rosanna DeSoto
Fabiola Escalante
Mark Phelan
Cop
Virginia Paris
Raquel Ortega
Vanessa Marquez
Ana Delgado
Graham Galloway
Craig
Daniel Villarreal
Chuco
Lou Diamond Phillips
Angel Guzman