Akosua Busia, Denzel Washington, Lynn Whitfield

This fact-based film stars Denzel Washington as George McKenna, the tough, determined new principal of a notorious Los Angeles high school. Life is full of hard lessons for McKenna, who risks it all b...( read more  read more... )y going head to head with the drug-infested, gang-run war zone known as George Washington High. His relationship with his girlfriend (Lynn Whitfield) also gets tested during his relentless battle to turn his school around.

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G, 100 min.

Directed by: Eric Laneuville

Release Date: November 11, 1986

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DVD Release Date: April 26, 2002

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