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'''''Racing for Time''''' is a 2008 [[Lifetime Television|Lifetime]] [[television film]] starring [[Charles S. Dutton]], and [[Elizabeth Peña]]. The movie is based on the accomplishments of real-life coach and prison guard Sergeant Noel Chestnut (later promoted to lieutenant) and the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility's track team he started.<ref>[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2008-02-14-dutton-racing-for-time_N.htm?csp=34 Sgt Chestnut's story]</ref><ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-207_162-3855066.html Lt Chestnut's story]</ref> The real story took place in California in the 1990s when California's Youth Authority's correction's officer Noel Chesnut started a track team for female inmates throughout the Camarillo area facilities where many of the female offenders had been convicted of murder and robbery. Noel sacrificed a lot to encourage these girls and several of them went on to lead successful lives due to his program.<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/YOUTH+AUTHORITY+WARDS+HOOKED+ON+TRACK,+FIELD.-a0115253808 Noel Chestnut's story]</ref><ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/2004/jul/12/local/me-cyatrack12 Lieutenant Noel Chestnut's story]</ref><ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/2004/apr/10/local/me-cyatrack10 Lt Noel Chestnut's story]</ref>
'''''Racing for Time''''' is a 2008 [[Lifetime Television|Lifetime]] [[television film]] starring [[Charles S. Dutton]], and [[Elizabeth Peña]]. The movie is based on the accomplishments of real-life coach and prison guard Sergeant Noel Chesnut (later promoted to lieutenant and then Captain) and the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility's track team he started.<ref>[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2008-02-14-dutton-racing-for-time_N.htm?csp=34 Sgt Chestnut's story]</ref><ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charles-dutton-holds-a-captive-audience/ Lt Chestnut's story]</ref> The real story took place in California in the 1990s when California's Youth Authority's correction's officer Noel Chesnut started a track team for female inmates throughout the Camarillo area facilities where many of the female offenders had been convicted of murder and robbery. Noel sacrificed a lot to encourage these girls and several of them went on to lead successful lives due to his program.<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/YOUTH+AUTHORITY+WARDS+HOOKED+ON+TRACK,+FIELD.-a0115253808 Noel Chesnut's story]</ref><ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jul-12-me-cyatrack12-story.html Lieutenant Noel Chestnut's story]</ref><ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-apr-10-me-cyatrack10-story.html Lt Noel Chesnut's story]</ref>


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Latest revision as of 03:30, 17 November 2024

Racing for Time
Written byGlenn German
Adam Rodgers
Directed byCharles S. Dutton
StarringCharles S. Dutton
Yaya DaCosta
Zulay Henao
Saige Thompson
Allesandra Fordballazes
Tiffany Haddish
Dequina Moore
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersPeter Sadowski
Christopher Morgan
EditorLance Anderson
Running time1 hr minutes
Original release
ReleaseFebruary 19, 2008 (2008-02-19)

Racing for Time is a 2008 Lifetime television film starring Charles S. Dutton, and Elizabeth Peña. The movie is based on the accomplishments of real-life coach and prison guard Sergeant Noel Chesnut (later promoted to lieutenant and then Captain) and the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility's track team he started.[1][2] The real story took place in California in the 1990s when California's Youth Authority's correction's officer Noel Chesnut started a track team for female inmates throughout the Camarillo area facilities where many of the female offenders had been convicted of murder and robbery. Noel sacrificed a lot to encourage these girls and several of them went on to lead successful lives due to his program.[3][4][5]

Plot

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Cleveland "Stack" Stackhouse (Charles S. Dutton) is a guard with the Texas Correctional Youth Authority who witnesses the cycle of destructive choices and racial tensions among female teen offenders and decides to do something about it. He gathers African-American, Latina and Caucasian teens, and organizes a multi-racial track team behind the bars of the prison. Participation in Stack's track team not only breaks down the racial divides between the girls, but also puts them on a path to turn their lives around.

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References

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  1. ^ Sgt Chestnut's story
  2. ^ Lt Chestnut's story
  3. ^ Noel Chesnut's story
  4. ^ Lieutenant Noel Chestnut's story
  5. ^ Lt Noel Chesnut's story
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