Movie Drama
She gave them a gift they could never imagine. They gave the system a fight it would never forget.
Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.
Meryl Streep Cloris Leachman Henry Dinhofer Michael Angarano Robert Ari Aidan Quinn Teddy Coluca Angela Bassett Josh Pais Barbara Gonzalez Jade Yorker Victoria Gómez Justin Pierre Edmund Justin 'DJ' Spaulding Zoe Sternbach-Taubman Christopher Lopez Ruben Jared Seraballs Lucy Nonas-Barnes Rosalyn Coleman Kevin Miller Hazel Medina Gloria Estefan Iraida Polanco Asha Sapp Betsy Aidem Julie Janney Cole Hawkins Arthur French Edmund Wilkinson French Napier Socorro Santiago Dominic Walters Jean-Luke Figueroa Sam Fox Royston Jane Leeves Eva Loomis Melay Araya Charlie Hofheimer Kieran Culkin Asease Korankyi Myra Lucretia Taylor Olga Merediz Christian Berreondo Leilani Irvin Sophia Guaspari Adam LeFevre Rafael John Alan Hines Jordan Ware Amanda Muchnick Ian Quinlan Naeem Jones Jay O. Sanders Mateo Gómez Rosalyn Benniman Leon Addison Brown Arnold Steinhardt Scott Cumberbatch Majid R. Khaliq Molly Gia Foresta Cristina Gómez Omari Toomer Tarik Lowe Justin Daly Isaac Stern Isaiah Sheffer Mark O'Connor Michael Tree Charles Veal Jr. Karen Briggs Itzhak Perlman Sandra Park Diane Monroe Joshua Bell Jonathan Feldman Dyllon Rogers April Davis Anibal Crooklyn Cuevas Sam Deutsch Lucy Little Jose Miguel Rojas Andrew Mayer Rebecca Dinhofer Christopher Katrandjian Ama Korankyi Chantilly Mariani Thomas Martin Derek Ambrosi Ruth Barrie David Chen Gideon Jacobs Emily Johnson Gabriella Loutfi John P. McGinty Kirby Mitchell Sarallen Ronald Sylvers
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