The Good Teacher

The Good Teacher

2020 · 26 min · Drama

The Good Teacher is a film about the lives of school teachers in a low-income urban area and the challenges they face while trying to provide a quality education to students. Dominique Daily is a first year school teacher who gives up his football career after an injury to teach Math at Louis Jones high school while struggling to cope with his short-lived life long dream of being a football star.

Directed by Louis Deon Jones · Written by Louis Deon Jones

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