Beyond the Blackboard

Jeff Bleckner

A Hallmark Hall of Fame original movie. When Stacey Bess (Emily VanCamp) gets her first teaching job, it’s not at all what she expected. She’s assigned to the School with No Name in Salt Lake City, a space in a homeless shelter that is supposed to function as a classroom. The ‘classroom,’ though, lacks basic supplies such as desks and books, and her young students range in age from six to 12. Based on a true story, "Beyond the Blackboard" portrays young Stacey confronting her own fears and insecurities as she struggles to gain attention and respect from her students. She must also win over school board administrators and apprehensive parents. "Beyond the Blackboard" is based on Stacey Bess’s memoir, "Nobody Don’t Love Nobody."


The Russell Girl

Jeff Bleckner

A Hallmark Hall of Fame original movie. Sarah Russell (Amber Tamblyn), the picture-perfect girl-next-door, took a job in Chicago thinking she could escape memories of a tragic accident that she blames herself for. But when she receives some unsettling news, Sarah returns home to try to heal old wounds.


Loving Leah

Jeff Bleckner

A quirky love story revolving around the unexpected wedding and unconventional married life of a 26-year-old widow and her late husband's brother, a handsome 30-year-old cardiologist. A Hallmark Hall of Fame original movie.


Away & Back

Jeff Bleckner

When a family of swans makes their home on the Peterson farm, it’s love at first sight for 10-year-old Frankie. But along comes no-nonsense ornithologist Ginny Newsom, who rushes in to “save” the majestic birds. For Frankie’s dad Jack, it’s dislike at first sight when he encounters pushy, know-it-all Ginny. Frankie and her brothers are anything but neutral observers as they watch the initial hostility between their widowed father and the strong-willed Ginny transform into something else. Could romance be in the air? A Hallmark Hall of Fame original movie.


Remember Sunday

Jeff Bleckner

A lonely, down-on-her-luck waitress meets a handsome, quirky jewelry store clerk and thinks that maybe, finally, she’s met Mr. Right. The more Molly (Alexis Bledel) gets to know Gus (Zachary Levi), the more she’s intrigued by him. But she’s also mystified, and sometimes miffed. Gus is absent-minded, preoccupied. Is there already a girlfriend in his life? Is he harboring some big secret? In other words, Molly wonders, what’s his problem? Well, Gus’s “problem” is that three years ago he suffered a brain aneurysm. He had been a brilliant young astrophysicist; now he’s totally lost his short-term memory. Every day is a brand new day, his life starts anew. Every day he sees Molly he’s not able to connect the dots and recognize just how, exactly, she fits into his life. But there’s something about this beautiful, sensitive, funny woman that makes Gus fall in love with her all over again, day after day. A Hallmark Hall of Fame original movie.


Meredith Willson's the Music Man

Jeff Bleckner

Harold Hill is a con man who poses as a boys' band organizer and leader and sells band instruments and uniforms to the naive Iowa townsfolk, promising to train the members of the new band. But Harold is no musician and plans to skip town without giving any music lessons. Prim librarian and piano teacher Marian sees through him, but when Harold helps her younger brother overcome his lisp and social awkwardness, Marian begins to fall in love. Harold risks being caught to win her.


White Water Summer

Jeff Bleckner

A group of city boys go on a camping trip with a counselor whose enthusiasm borders on the psychotic.