She gave them a gift they could never imagine. They gave the system a fight it would never forget.
6.7
124 min
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.
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Meryl Streep | Roberta | Goutbreak |
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Cloris Leachman | Assunta | Unowned |
| Henry Dinhofer | Lexi at 5 | Unowned | |
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Michael Angarano | Nick at 7 | Zac E. Chan |
| Robert Ari | Supervisor | Unowned | |
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Aidan Quinn | Brian | Unowned |
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Teddy Coluca | Taxi Driver | Unowned |
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Angela Bassett | Janet | Calvin and Nobbs |
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Josh Pais | Dennis | Unowned |
| Barbara Gonzalez | Janet's Secretary | Unowned | |
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Jade Yorker | DeSean at 11 | Unowned |
| Victoria Gómez | Lucy at 10 | Unowned | |
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Justin Pierre Edmund | Bongo Kid | Unowned |
| Justin 'DJ' Spaulding | Naeem at 9 | Unowned | |
| Zoe Sternbach-Taubman | Guadalupe at 9 | Unowned | |
| Christopher Lopez | Adam | Unowned | |
| Ruben Jared Seraballs | James | Unowned | |
| Lucy Nonas-Barnes | Becky | Unowned | |
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Rosalyn Coleman | Mrs. Adisa | Unowned |
| Kevin Miller | Hall Boy | Unowned | |
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Hazel Medina | Alice | Unowned |
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Gloria Estefan | Isabel | Unowned |
| Iraida Polanco | Landlady | Unowned | |
| Asha Sapp | Tanisha | Unowned | |
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Betsy Aidem | Mrs. Lamb | Unowned |
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Julie Janney | Flight Attendant | Unowned |
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Cole Hawkins | Lawrence at 5 | Unowned |
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Arthur French | Ernie | Unowned |
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Edmund Wilkinson | Sheetrock Man | Unowned |
| French Napier | Painter | Unowned | |
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Socorro Santiago | Lucy's Mother | Unowned |
| Dominic Walters | Justin | Unowned | |
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Jean-Luke Figueroa | Ramon | Unowned |
| Sam Fox Royston | Leonard | Unowned | |
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Jane Leeves | Dorothea | Unowned |
| Eva Loomis | Vanessa | Unowned | |
| Melay Araya | Rachel | Unowned | |
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Charlie Hofheimer | Nick at 17 | Unowned |
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Kieran Culkin | Lexi at 15 | Zac E. Chan |
| Asease Korankyi | Shandra | Unowned | |
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Myra Lucretia Taylor | Beverly | Unowned |
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Olga Merediz | Ramon's Mother | The Free Refills |
| Christian Berreondo | Ramon's Brother | Unowned | |
| Leilani Irvin | Myesha | Unowned | |
| Sophia Guaspari | Rosario | Unowned | |
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Adam LeFevre | Mr. Klein | Unowned |
| Rafael John Alan Hines | Simon | Unowned | |
| Jordan Ware | Kenny | Unowned | |
| Amanda Muchnick | Stephanie | Unowned | |
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Ian Quinlan | Carlos | Unowned |
| Naeem Jones | Toussaint | Unowned | |
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Jay O. Sanders | Dan Paxton | Unowned |
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Mateo Gómez | Ramon's Father | Unowned |
| Rosalyn Benniman | Woman at Opus Meeting | Unowned | |
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Leon Addison Brown | Mr. Adams | Unowned |
| Arnold Steinhardt | Self | Unowned | |
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Scott Cumberbatch | Lawrence at 15 | Unowned |
| Majid R. Khaliq | Naeem Adisa at 19 | Unowned | |
| Molly Gia Foresta | Guadalupe at 19 | Unowned | |
| Cristina Gómez | Lucy at 20 | Unowned | |
| Omari Toomer | DeSean at 21 | Unowned | |
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Tarik Lowe | Teammate #1 | Unowned |
| Justin Daly | Teammate #2 | Unowned | |
| Isaac Stern | Self | Unowned | |
| Isaiah Sheffer | Carnegie Hall Concert Director | Unowned | |
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Mark O'Connor | Self | Unowned |
| Michael Tree | Self | Unowned | |
| Charles Veal Jr. | Self | Unowned | |
| Karen Briggs | Self | Unowned | |
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Itzhak Perlman | Self | Unowned |
| Sandra Park | Self | Unowned | |
| Diane Monroe | Self | Unowned | |
| Joshua Bell | Self | Unowned | |
| Jonathan Feldman | Self | Unowned | |
| Dyllon Rogers | Horse Hair Boy | Unowned | |
| April Davis | First Grade Girl | Unowned | |
| Anibal Crooklyn Cuevas | Frog Hair Boy | Unowned | |
| Sam Deutsch | Violin Student | Unowned | |
| Lucy Little | Violin Student | Unowned | |
| Jose Miguel Rojas | Violin Student | Unowned | |
| Andrew Mayer | Violin Student | Unowned | |
| Rebecca Dinhofer | Violin Student | Unowned | |
| Christopher Katrandjian | Violin Student | Unowned | |
| Ama Korankyi | Violin Student | Unowned | |
| Chantilly Mariani | Violin Student | Unowned | |
| Thomas Martin | Violin Student | Unowned | |
| Derek Ambrosi | Audience Member (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Ruth Barrie | Woman Shopper (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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David Chen | Parent (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Gideon Jacobs | Headlock Boy (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Emily Johnson | Mother of Student (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Gabriella Loutfi | Violin Student (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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John P. McGinty | Naval Officer (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Kirby Mitchell | New York Times Reporter (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Sarallen | Old Woman in Tenement Building (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Ronald Sylvers | Parent (uncredited) | Unowned |