The Beat (1988)
Against a desolate urban backdrop, an idealistic teacher struggles to provide the hope the students need and a new student spouts radical poetry of optimism and promise.
- Type
- Film, free to watch on WOCOO
- Runtime
- 1 h 42 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Audio language
- EN
- Subtitles
- NL, EN, FR, DE, EL, IT, PL, PT, RO, ES, UK
- Age rating
- us-tv TV-MA
- Director
- Paul Mones, Marcia Shulman
- Cast
- David Jacobson, William McNamara, Kara Glover, Stuart Alexander, David McCarthy, Markus Flanagan, Paul Dillon, Reggie Rock Bythewood, Tony Gillan, Lisa Blake Richards
- Tags
- drama, inner-city drama, youth gangs, poetry workshops, high school life, art as redemption, mentorship, urban violence, conflict resolution, outsider newcomer