Knights of the South Bronx - 2005 TV film | Inspiring Chess Movie for Kids

Knights of the South Bronx is a 2005 TV film about a teacher who helps students at a tough inner-city school to succeed by teaching them to play chess. A business man becomes a substitute teacher in a tough school of South Bronx where parents of the students are mostly drug addicts or in jail or just scrambling to pay the bills. He teaches the children how to play the game of chess, and along the way they learn a lot about life. The movie is based on the true story of David MacEnulty who taught schoolchildren of the Bronx Community Elementary School 70 to play at competition level, eventually winning New York City and the New York State Chess Championships. Director: Allen Hughes Producer: Dianne Nabatoff Story: Jamal Joseph Dianne Houston Cast: Ted Danson - Mr. Richard Mason Malcolm David Kelley - Jimmy Washington Keke Palmer - Kenya Russell Clifton Powell - Cokey Devon Bostick - Darren Brian Markinson - Arnie Kate Vernon - Richard’s wife Alex Karzis - Kasparov Karen LeBlanc - Dolly Philip Akin - Asst. Principal Hill Yves Michel-Beneche - MD Duprais Yucini Diaz - Renee Antonio Ortiz - Dawson Nicholas Carpenter - Dawson’s Opponent