Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.
Director: Wes Craven
Stars: Meryl Streep, Cloris Leachman, Aidan Quinn, Angela Bassett, Gloria Estefan, Jane Leeves, Jay O. Sanders, Isaac Stern.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166943/
Watched online, ok print.
35 songs in the Soundtracks.
Started off feeling too cliche, and at some point it grabbed me and didn't let go. Don't know how I'll feel on repeated viewing.
This is based on a true story.
IMDb trivia:
"Meryl Streep learned to play the violin, by practicing six hours a day for four weeks."
"Director Wes Craven's first and only non-horror/thriller film."
"Most of the children in the film actually studied under the real Roberta Guaspari."
Rated 6.8 (11,109)
Miramax & more, dir. Craven; 8
