Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking is a 2020 American biographical drama film based on the true story of the 1998 Miami Jackson High School chess team, the first inner-city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship.
Plot
In 1998 inner-city Miami, Sedrick is an African-American student living with his widowed father, a knowledgeable chess player. He decides to take chess as an "easy" elective and meets Cuban-American teacher Mario Martinez, known to his students as Mr. T. In the class, he also meets Ito, a student who works long hours after school to support his single mother; the class includes class clown Roddy, and Gil, who is of Spanish descent.
More details
| author | Dito Montiel |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Miami |
| director | John Leguizamo |
| editor | Jamie Kirkpatrick |
| events | chess Miami Jackson High School |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | beat candy bar cannabis edible chess tournament course cuban americans detention hall drug dealer duchamp elective end game lose marcel duchamp marijuana infused meet police officer road trip run school discipline single mother spaniard spanish talk the national walkman wash widow zugzwang |
| musicBy | Chris Hajian |
| producer | Carla Berkowitz Jason Mandl Scott Rosenfelt |
| productionCompany | Chaplin/Berkowitz Productions Cinema Veritas Hialeah Park Studios Perfect Balance |
| publisher | Vertical Entertainment |
| theme | biographical drama independent |