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There have been many films that focus on teachers who have made a difference. Christopher Zalla's 'Radical' is an inspiration.

Films of the past give us idealistic teachers who inspire and reach difficult students, and academy voters responded. This year's crop feels different.

Films of the past give us idealistic teachers who inspire and reach difficult students, and academy voters responded. This year's crop feels different.

A “To Sir with Love” for a new generation, Mexican drama “Radical” from writer-director Christopher Zalla (“Blood of My Blood”) features an award-worthy turn by superb lead actor Eugenio Derbez

On their first day sixth grade, the students of Jose Urbina Lopez Elementary School in the Mexican border city of Matamoros find their new teacher rolling on the floor surrounded by overturned desks. They’re not desks, he exclaims. They’re lifeboats. So begins Christopher Zalla’s “Radical,” an inspirational based-on-a-true-story drama about an unconventional teacher named Sergio…

OPENING   Adventures of the Naked Umbrella (NR) This comedy stars Jeremy Davies as a conspiracy theorist who goes into a tailspin after his trailer home burns down. Also with Taryn Manning, Vinny Balbo, Rylee Marshall, Richard Riehle, and Tom Arnold. (Opens Friday in Dallas) The Great Turkey Town Miracle (PG)

After winning the Sundance 'Festival Favorite Award,' the fact-based drama starring Derbez as an innovative teacher helping poor kids reach their potential arrives in U.S. theaters

After winning the Sundance 'Festival Favorite Award,' the fact-based drama starring Derbez as an innovative teacher helping poor kids reach their potential arrives in U.S. theaters

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The movie tells the story of a professor who introduces his students to a radical way of learning