Half Nelson
Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.
- genus: Drama
- Studio: Hunting Lane Films, Journeyman Pictures, Original Media, Silverwood Films, Traction Media
- keyword: prison, new york city, sports, date, ex-girlfriend, class, ghetto, bicycle, basketball, crack, teacher, theft, alcoholic, liberal, junior high school, drug habit, freebasing
- cast: Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Anthony Mackie, Jeff Lima, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Tina Holmes