
"She gave them a gift they could never imagine. They gave the system a fight it would never forget."
After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.
Roberta

Brian

Janet

Isabel

Assunta

Dennis

Dorothea

Lexi at 15

Nick at 17

Dan Paxton

Lexi at 5
Nick at 7

Supervisor
Taxi Driver

Janet's Secretary
DeSean at 11

Lucy at 10
Bongo Kid

Naeem at 9
Guadalupe at 9
Adam
James
Becky
Mrs. Adisa

Hall Boy
Alice

Landlady
Tanisha
Mrs. Lamb

Flight Attendant

Lawrence at 5

Ernie

Sheetrock Man

Painter
Lucy's Mother

Justin
Ramon

Leonard
Vanessa
Rachel
Shandra
Beverly

Ramon's Mother

Ramon's Brother
Myesha
Rosario
Mr. Klein

Simon
Kenny
Stephanie
Carlos

Toussaint
Ramon's Father

Woman at Opus Meeting
Mr. Adams

Self
Lawrence at 15

Naeem Adisa at 19
Guadalupe at 19
Lucy at 20
DeSean at 21
Teammate #1

Teammate #2
Self
Carnegie Hall Concert Director
Self

Self
Self
Self
Self

Self
Self
Self
Self
Horse Hair Boy
First Grade Girl
Frog Hair Boy
Violin Student
Violin Student
Violin Student
Violin Student
Violin Student
Violin Student
Violin Student
Violin Student
Violin Student
Audience Member (uncredited)
Woman Shopper (uncredited)
Parent (uncredited)

Headlock Boy (uncredited)

Mother of Student (uncredited)

Violin Student (uncredited)
Naval Officer (uncredited)

New York Times Reporter (uncredited)

Old Woman in Tenement Building (uncredited)
Parent (uncredited)