Directed by:
Georg Stanford BrownScreenplay:
Randy FeldmanCinematography:
James W. WrennComposer:
Elia CmiralCast:
James Earl Jones, Joanna Cassidy, Douglas Spain, Keith Robinson, Monique Coleman, Kathryne Dora Brown, Jessica Szohr, Tim Reid, Georg Stanford Brown (more)Plots(1)
Fulfilling his beloved wife's dying wish, William Campbell restores an abandoned building they own into a reading room for a depressed community notorious for its ineffectual high school and street gangs. Against all odds he's determined to give them a sense of self-respect. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
James Earl Jones
USA
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Joanna Cassidy
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Douglas Spain
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Keith Robinson
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Monique Coleman
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Kathryne Dora Brown
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Jessica Szohr
USA
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Tim Reid
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Georg Stanford Brown
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Mike Gomez
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Omar J. Dorsey
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Christian Monzon
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Lynne Moody
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Cristos
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Franc Ross
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Alex Haney
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Jim Jansen
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Sonya Eddy
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Jim Ishida
Japan
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Jeanne Sakata
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