Knights of the South Bronx

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Knights of the South Bronx ★★½ 2005 (PG)

Middle-aged and recently unemployed, Richard Mason (Danson) decides to return to teaching and works at an inner-city school with fourth-graders. He begins using chess to motivate his students and finds them responding—and becoming champions. Based on a true story and an ongoing project that uses chess as an educational tool. 90m/C DVD . Ted Danson, Keke Palmer, Antonio Ortiz, Malcolm David Kelly, Yucini Diaz; D: Allen Hughes; W: Dianne Houston, Jamal Joseph; C: Derick Underschultz; M: Stephen Endelman. CABLE

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