Free of Eden

Sidney Poitier and his daughter, Sydney, star in this engrossing drama about a middle-aged investment broker who is reintroduced to his former career as a teacher when he meets a teenager from South Central L.A.’s housing projects. With a mother who is mostly drunk and a dead-end life, the teen – after witnessing a robbery and murder – decides she wants something different for her life. When she approaches her former third-grade teacher, who is now immersed in a high-risk investment deal, she challenges him to make a difference in her life.”, Drama starring Sidney Poitier as Will, a former teacher who is approached by an ex-student from the wrong side of town who asks him to tutor her. Drama starring Sidney Poitier as Will, a former teacher who is approached by an ex-student from the wrong side of town who asks him to tutor her. Nicole has had a difficult life: her mother has turned to drink as comfort from the abuse she has suffered and Nicole herself lives in fear having witnessed a cold-blooded murder. However, with Will’s help, she learns to stand up for what is right., Sidney Poitier teams with his daughter Sydney Tamiia Poitier in this story of a teacher-turned-businessman who lends a tutorial hand to a teen high-school dropout. Desiree: Phylicia Rashad. Ruthie: Saundra McClain. Joe: Robert Hooks. Freddy: Eugene A. Clark., Sidney Poitier and his real-life daughter are teamed up in this inspiring story about a teenaged girl, Nicole Turner, who realizes that her only way out of Eden, a poor housing project in New York, is to complete her education. Former teacher, Will Cleamons, reluctantly agrees to help Nicole by working as her private tutor, but both teacher and student seem to be richer from the experience., Made especially for the Showtime cable network, this touching drama stars Sidney Poitier and his daughter Sydney Poitier, respectively, as a prominent New York businessman and the feisty, troubled teen he mentors.