Middle-aged and recently unemployed, Richard Mason (Ted Danson) decides to return to his first love: teaching. He finds a job as an inner-city schoolteacher teaching fourth grade. Richard discovers a way to reach out to his skeptical students through the game of chess. Against all odds, he inspires his students to become champions, not only at chess, but in life. This heartwarming story based on true events co-stars Keke Palmer (Akeelah And the Bee) and Malcolm David Kelley (Lost).
Director: Allen Hughes
Producer: John M. Eckert
Actor: Ted Danson
Actor: Malcolm David Kelley
Actor: Keke Palmer
Actor: Clifton Powell
Actor: Kate Vernon