Lisa Spinelli is a kindergarten teacher on Staten Island who yearns to live a life of art and intellectualism. She takes an evening poetry class where, despite her best efforts, her work is overlooked and misunderstood. When she overhears one of her five-year-old students, Jimmy, reciting an original poem in her classroom, she is floored. Convinced he is the equivalent of a young Mozart, she becomes obsessed with the child and embarks on a dangerous journey to nurture his talent.

Q-and-A session with director Sara Colangelo and honoree Maggie Gyllenhaal following screening


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