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One Eight Seven

1997

When schools become war zones and both sides start taking casualties, what then?

Overview

When a Brooklyn high school student writes the police code for homicide, 187, inside a textbook owned by teacher Trevor Garfield, Garfield feels threatened. The principal dismisses the incident, but the same student stabs Trevor soon after. Fifteen months later, a physically and emotionally scarred Trevor relocates to California and takes up substitute teaching. To his dismay, his new school is as full of dangerously undisciplined students as his old one—including three Indigenous Latino American males and one European-American male claiming membership in tagging gang K.O.S. (Kappin' Off Suckers)—driving him over the edge.

Details

Status
Released
Release date
July 29, 1997
Original language
English
Spoken languages
English, Spanish
Countries
United States of America
Cinematography
Ericson Core
Budget
$20,000,000
Revenue
$5,716,080
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