The movie is about a young writer, Jamal who is talented as basket ball player and gifted in his high school academic work. The film tells a story how he struggles to find his voice as a writer. Although basket ball forms part of his life, it doesn't contribute much to the overall message of the film, other than it helped him get a scholarship to one of the prestigious high school in the city.
Jamal who happens to be a very gifted student, because from his previous school results he maintained an average C, and the fact that he managed to do as well as he did with limited resource and poor background shows he had a potential to be someone one day given the right education, mentorship and education. He was lucky enough to find a good mentor, a writer who won the Pulitzer award/prize. During their friendship Jamal's school grades improved significantly in such a way that his English teacher questioned the sudden improvement. But the improvement was as a result of having a really good mentor who critic his work and taught him how to write including finding his own voice as a writer, but because he made a pact with his mentor to never disclose details about their friendship/mentorship relationship he couldn't tell his teacher that he had a mentor. Things escalated when the teacher asked Jamal to write an essay on his presence at school but Jamal handed an the essay he wrote with William Forrester using, William published another essay with the similar title.
This is a really inspiring film, I recommend it to all writers who just started out writing and struggling on how to get started, and all people going through a mentorship relationship.
Viwe.
Jamal who happens to be a very gifted student, because from his previous school results he maintained an average C, and the fact that he managed to do as well as he did with limited resource and poor background shows he had a potential to be someone one day given the right education, mentorship and education. He was lucky enough to find a good mentor, a writer who won the Pulitzer award/prize. During their friendship Jamal's school grades improved significantly in such a way that his English teacher questioned the sudden improvement. But the improvement was as a result of having a really good mentor who critic his work and taught him how to write including finding his own voice as a writer, but because he made a pact with his mentor to never disclose details about their friendship/mentorship relationship he couldn't tell his teacher that he had a mentor. Things escalated when the teacher asked Jamal to write an essay on his presence at school but Jamal handed an the essay he wrote with William Forrester using, William published another essay with the similar title.
This is a really inspiring film, I recommend it to all writers who just started out writing and struggling on how to get started, and all people going through a mentorship relationship.
Viwe.