Knights of the South Bronx (TV)
2005 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
A business man decides that he wants to teach school in the inner city and chooses a tough school in the South Bronx. He teaches the children how to play the game of chess, and along the way they learn a lot about life.. It all begins when middle-aged and recently unemployed, Richard Mason (Ted Danson) decides to return to his first love: teaching. He finds a job as an inner-city schoolteacher teaching fourth grade. Richard discovers a way to reach out to his skeptical students through the game of chess. Against all odds, he inspires his students to become champions, not only at chess, but in life!
Direction Allen Hughes
Cast Ted Danson · Malcolm David Kelley · Keke Palmer · Clifton Powell · Devon Bostick · Brian Markinson · Kate Vernon · Alex Karzis · Karen LeBlanc · Yves Michel-Beneche · Yucini Diaz · Antonio Ortiz
Soundtrack Stephen Endelman
Screenplay Jamal Joseph · Dianne Houston
Cinematography Derick V. Underschultz
Original title Knights of the South Bronx (TV)
6.0
68 votes (FilmAffinity)
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