Shackles is currently streaming on Tubi

Shackles (2005)115 minDramaRating 56/100

Starring D.L. Hughley as a teacher who, desperate for employment, takes the one job he is offered. The job involves teaching inside a prison, a place that is not hospitable to him or to the idea of bettering oneself through education. The teacher stands up to a variety of forces that are against him.

Cast: D.L. Hughley, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Daniel Louis Rivas, Barry Shabaka Henley, Kristen Wilson, Tony Lee, David Andriole

Director: Charles Winkler