A Brief Summary Of The Movie Radio

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A brief summary of the film "Radio" would be a mentally disabled African-American man named James, nicknamed Radio, gets bullied by the high school football team. The teams coach, Harold Jones, notices what the team is doing to Radio. Later, Harold tries to help Radio with his social abilities, and helps Radio a good education to graduate. The bond between Radio and Harold Jones, along with the schools students, gets stronger throughout the movie.

I am going to choose Principle Daniels. Although there were some things she didn't want to do, or agree with, she still gave Radio a chance. In a way, she seemed to not trust Radio in the school, with the other students, due to what Frank Clay was talking about of Radio being different. I

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