CAST AND CREW
Director

Gavin O'Connor
I Choose to Stay: A Black Teacher Refuses to Desert the Inner City
Release Date: Unspecified Release - Wide Release
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Film Genre: Drama
Country: United States

 
This is based on a book which was written by Philadelphia-based educator Salome Thomas-El. A gifted child raised in the Philadelphia projects, he earned an Ivy League education but returned to the inner city to become an elementary school principal. There, he revived the troubled school's long-dormant chess club and helped the team go all the way to the national championships.
 
TRIVIA
Gavin O'Connor last directed the film Miracle (2004).
 
 
MOVIE NEWS ITEMS
2004-02-06
Variety reports that Walt Disney Pictures will reteam with the filmmakers director Gavin O'Connor and his producing partner, brother Greg O'Connor.
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