Knights of the South Bronx
Knights of the South Bronx is a 2005 television film about a teacher who helps students at a tough innercity school to succeed by teaching them to play chess. It was directed by Allen Hughes and written by Jamal Joseph story and teleplay and Dianne Houston teleplay.
Then a student whose father is in jail sees Mason in the park playing a simultaneous exhibition, and beating fourteen opponents at once. He asks to learn the game. One thing leads to another, and soon the entire class is interested in the game. Mason convinces them that on the chessboard it doesnt matter how much money you have or what clothes youre wearing or where you come from, and that its only the moves you make, then and there. The class forms a team to compete in everlarger tournaments.
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