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Shackles / Destination Films presents a Rob Cowan production ; produced by Rob Cowan ; written by Donald Martin ; directed by Charles Winkler.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 036 742
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- African American teachers--New York (State)--Rikers Island--Drama.
- African American teachers.
- Teacher-student relationships--New York (State)--Rikers Island--Drama.
- Teacher-student relationships.
- Prisons--New York (State)--Rikers Island--Drama.
- Prisons.
- Rap (Music)--New York (State)--Rikers Island--Drama.
- Rap (Music).
- New York (State)--Rikers Island.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [Culver City, Calif.] : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English or dubbed French dialogue; optional subtitles in English or French.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital (English); Dolby surround (dubbed French); mastered in high definition.
- Summary:
- Ben, a disillusioned teacher struggling to get his career back on track and escape his own damaged past. Tapped to salvage an inmate teaching program at a state prison, Ben's unorthodox methods win over a hardcore crew of unlikely students. Wielding freestyle rap lyrics like weapons, Ben inspires drop-outs and lifers alike to clean up their act and transform their lives, even talented but troubled teen drug dealer Gabriel, whose raw skills just might be his ticket out of the ghetto.
- Participant:
- D.L. Hughley, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Barry Shabaka Henley.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Roy H. Wagner ; edited by Clayton Halsey ; music by Stephen Endelman.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 2005.
- Special features: director's commentary; previews.
- ISBN:
- 1404976884
- 9781404976887
- OCLC:
- 60886213
- Publisher Number:
- 043396105041
- 10504D Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Access Restriction:
- For private home use only.
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