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.

• prison
• new york city
• sports
• date
• ex-girlfriend
• class
• ghetto
• bicycle
• basketball
• crack
• teacher
• theft
• alcoholic
• liberal
• junior high school
• drug habit
• freebasing