To Sir, with Love II
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To Sir, with Love II DVD cover
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| Genre | Drama |
| Based on | Characters from E. R. Braithwaite's book, To Sir, With Love |
| Written by | Philip Rosenberg |
| Directed by | Peter Bogdanovich |
| Starring |
Sidney Poitier Christian Payton Dana Eskelson |
| Theme music composer | Trevor Lawrence |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | Richard Stenta |
| Cinematography | William Birch |
| Editor(s) | Dianne Ryder-Rennolds |
| Running time | 92 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Verdon-Cedric Productions, Inc. Adelson/Baumgarten Productions, Inc. |
| Distributor | TriStar Television |
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| Original network | CBS |
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To Sir, with Love II is a 1996 American television film. It is a sequel to the 1967 British film, To Sir, with Love. Like the first film, it deals with social issues in an inner city school. It was directed by Peter Bogdanovich (his first made-for-TV film) and stars Sidney Poitier reprising the role of Mark Thackeray.
Mark Thackeray (Sidney Poitier), from British Guiana with time in California, took a teaching position in a London East End school in the 1967 film. He spent twenty years teaching and ten in administrative roles. He has taught the children of his former pupils, and is now retiring.
Thackeray's former students, Pamela Dare and Barbara Pegg (Judy Geeson and Lulu reprising their roles from the original film), come to the farewell party. Thackeray announces that he is leaving for an inner-city school in Chicago where he will teach again. In Chicago, he meets his former colleague Horace Weaver (Daniel J. Travanti) who is the principal of the school. Thackeray learns that there is an A class with good students and an H (for "horror") class for the "no-gooders". He convinces the principal to let him take the H class as a history teacher. His new pupils are Hispanic, black, and white students who are noisy, unruly and engaged in destructive behaviors. As he did in London, he starts by teaching them respect for others. He addresses them as Mr X or Miss Y, and expects to be called Mr. Thackeray or Sir (hence the titles).
Little by little he learns their personal stories: Wilsie (Christian Payton) is a gang leader who protects his younger brother. Another is a black female who battles against double prejudice. Evie (Dana Eskelson) is growing up without parents and hides this to avoid being fostered. Unlike the British film, there is no infatuation with him among his pupils, but a fellow teacher Louisa Rodriguez (Saundra Santiago) admires him.
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