Beatnik(2017)
Our beat is our life.
Ms. Garcia is a young teacher working in a summer diversion program in inner-city Oakland. On the last day of their court-ordered class, Ms. Garcia's lesson plan is interrupted by a violent dispute between one of her students.
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