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- Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids. The true story of a young teacher who fights against the board of education in her bid to teach underprivileged kids in a Harlem school the beauty of music through the violin.
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Music of the Heart is a 1999 American biographical musical drama film directed by Wes Craven and written by Pamela Gray, based on the 1995 documentary Small Wonders. The film is a dramatization of the true story of Roberta Guaspari , portrayed by Meryl Streep , who co-founded the Opus 118 Harlem School of Music and fought for music education ...
- $15 million
- Mason Daring
- $27 million
Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "Music of the Heart" is based on the true story of a violin teacher named Roberta Guaspari, who created a high school music program more or less out of thin air in East Harlem, and eventually found herself and her students on the stage of Carnegie Hall.
Summaries. Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids. The true story of a young teacher who fights against the board of education in her bid to teach underprivileged kids in a Harlem school the beauty of music through the violin.
Oct 29, 1999 · Music of the Heart: Directed by Wes Craven. With Meryl Streep, Cloris Leachman, Henry Dinhofer, Michael Angarano. After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.
- (13K)
- Drama, Music
- Wes Craven
- 1999-10-29
Synopsis After being abandoned by her husband, depressed music teacher Roberta (Meryl Streep) lands a job teaching violin to underprivileged children in Harlem, New York. Despite initial...
- (454)
- Wes Craven
- PG
- Meryl Streep
Mar 19, 2024 · Music of the Heart (1999) movie review summary: As a driven, forceful, and wee bit volatile violin teacher, Meryl Streep singlehandedly rescues Wes Craven’s real-life-inspired and unusually gore-free drama from the sickening pits of Hollywood treacle.
Music of the Heart was released on October 29, 1999. The movie is based on the true story of Roberta Guaspari, who was the co-founder the Opus 118 Harlem School of Music. It is director Wes Craven's movie outside of the horror/thriller genre to date.
