Finding Forrester

Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accidentally runs into an old writer named Forrester who discovers his passion for writing. With help from his new mentor Jamal receives a scholarship to a private school.

• dying and death
• high school
• friendship
• scholarship
• sibling relationship
• based on novel or book
• unsociability
• becoming an adult
• upper class
• scotland
• poetry
• literature
• professor
• mentor
• intellectually gifted
• plagiarism
• literature competition
• private school
• manuscript
• seclusion
• pulitzer prize
• basketball
• father figure