Sidney Poitier returns as teacher Mark Thackeray in this sequel to the 1967 classic. This time round Thackeray has swapped the streets of London for those of down-town Chicago, faced with the challenge of convincing hardened gang members that there is an alternative to street violence. As he struggles to instil respect & understanding in his students, he also pursues his first love; a woman he knew thirty years ago when he was a young man in Guyana.