Radio (2003) - Drama Movies 109 minutes. Meu Nome É Rádio. In the racially divided town of Anderson, South Carolina in 1976, football coach Harold Jones spots a mentally disabled African-American young man nicknamed Radio near his practice field and is inspired to befriend him. Soon, Radio is Jones' loyal assistant, and he becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School. But things start to sour when Coach Jones begins taking guff from parents and fans who feel that his devotion to Radio is getting in the way of the team's quest for a championship. mentally disabled, high school, friendship, sports, american football, 1970s, american football coach, biography, based on true story, inspiration, kindness, inspiring story, teenage daughter, disability, schoolteacher, mentor protégé relationship, racial issues, based on magazine, newspaper or article, father daughter relationship, uplifting
Radio (2003)
Meu Nome É Rádio-
Released: Oct 24, 2003
Runtime: 109 minutes
: 3.752/10 by 708 users
Crew: Michael Tollin (Director), Herb Gains (Producer), Mike Rich (Writer), Gary Archer (Prosthetics), Harvey Rosenstock (Editor), Clay A. Griffith (Production Design)
In the racially divided town of Anderson, South Carolina in 1976, football coach Harold Jones spots a mentally disabled African-American young man nicknamed Radio near his practice field and is inspired to befriend him. Soon, Radio is Jones' loyal assistant, and he becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School. But things start to sour when Coach Jones begins taking guff from parents and fans who feel that his devotion to Radio is getting in the way of the team's quest for a championship.
