Overview

A Jewish parole officer, Jeff Solomon White, struggles in his new role as a reading teacher for illiterate teens at a New York high school. Hard Lesson film Raised by African American parents, White sees the situation differently and is motivated to fight for his students, who face an almost certain life of crime and prison

Top Cast

Jonathan Sale

Glynn Turman

Kevin Sawyer

Ella Joyce

Anita Sawyer

Frank Vincent

Chuck D

Heather Tom

Marsha

Thomas Mikal Ford

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Elain R. Graham

Kimberly Bailey

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Kyle Jason

Diggs

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Sean Mik'ael Butler

Lahab Mullens

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Nigel Carim

Anthony Traylor