Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) is presented as a biography of the 30-year career of the eponymous lead character, Glenn Holland, a music teacher at the fictional John F. Kennedy High School in Portland, Oregon.
Brooklyn Castle (2012) is a documentary film about Intermediate School 318 (101 Walton St.), an inner-city public school in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, where an after-school chess program, having both dedicated educators and a supportive community, has triumphed over deep budget cuts to build the most winning junior high school chess team in the country, and the first middle school team to win the United States Chess Federation's national high school championship.
The similarities of these two films are striking and are a testimonial to the human spirit.
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