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Racing for Time (2008)
Director: Charles S. Dutton
Cast: Charles S. Dutton, Elizabeth Peña, Yaya DaCosta, Tiffany Haddish
Runtime83 min
RatingNR
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Cleveland 'Stack' Stackhouse is a guard with the Texas Correctional Youth Authority who witnesses the cycle of destructive choices and racial tensions among female teen offenders and decides to do something about it. He gathers African-American, Latina and Caucasian teens, and organizes a multi-racial track team behind the bars of the prison. Participation in Stack's track team not only breaks down the racial divides between the girls, but puts them on a path to turn their lives around.
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Fans of director Charles S. Dutton's gritty, character-driven dramas will be captivated by his 2008 TV movie 'Racing for Time', which explores the redemptive power of sports as a group of troubled female teens in a Texas youth correctional facility discover a sense of purpose through Dutton's inspiring track coach character.
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Racing for Time is a 2008 Lifetime television film starring Charles S. Dutton, and Elizabeth Peña. The movie is based on the accomplishments of real-life coach and prison guard Sergeant Noel Chesnut and the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility's track team he started. The real story took place in California in the 1990s when California's Youth Authority's correction's officer Noel Chesnut started a track team for female inmates throughout the Camarillo area facilities where many of the female offenders had been convicted of murder and robbery. Noel sacrificed a lot to encourage these girls and several of them went on to lead successful lives due to his program.
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