Finding Forrester

7/20/2026

"Jamal" (Rob Brown) has something of the "Will Hunting" to him, only without the chip on his shoulder. He's a clever lad from the Bronx but he has little opportunity to develop his education so tends to hang about the basketball court with his pals. They are all aware that from an adjacent building, someone is watching them. They call him the "window" and one night he decides to sneak up the fire escape and visit this enigmatic figure! He almost gets caught, but in flight he leaves behind his rucksack containing readily identifiable information. Rather than get a visit from the cops, though, he finds it thrown out of the very window a few days later - with all his schoolwork corrected! Curious, he attempts a more formal introduction with their observer and that's when he encounters "Forres