Cast (36)

Rico Rodriguez

Jose

Efren Ramirez

Mr. Alvarado

Ivonne Coll

Abuelita

Justina Machado

Karla

Jon Gries

Principal Thomas

Valente Rodriguez

Coach Stevens

Alina Herrera

Dani

Xavier Gonzalez

Miguel

Cassie Brennan

Sandy

Ivan Cisneros

Peter

Alesia Orta

Suzie

Golbanoo Setayesh

Brownsville Brainiacs

Priya Trakru

Brownsville Brainiacs

Samuel Garcia

Brownsville Brainiacs

Lucy Lopez

Brownsville Brainiacs

Ricardo Santoyo

Brownsville Brainiac

Edgar Santoyo

Brownsville Brainiac

Glynn Praesel

Jim Tharpe - Tournament Director

John Flores

Jacob

Daniel Wolfe

Last Year's Champ

Rodrigo Macouzet

Paul

Noel Elim Rivera

Checkmate Coach

Jose Juan Guajardo, Jr.

District Chess Match Supervisor

Jose Juan Guajardo

District Chess Match Supervisor

Victor Flores

District Chess Match Supervisor

Eric A. Vera

Match Supervisor

Dimitri Agado

Teammate 1

Hector Filizola

Teammate 2

Michael Vera

Security Officer

Rene Rhi

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agent

Brian McCarty

I.C.E. Agent

John Kinch

Funeral Priest

Efrain Guerrero

Relative

Cindy Vela

Detention Teacher

Froylan Reyes Jr.

Janitor

José D. Cantú

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agent

Crew (17)

Hector Salinas

Writer

Carmen Marrón

Director

Carmen Marrón

Writer

Youssef Delara

Editor

Jamie Cobb

Editor

Sandra Avila

Producer

Byron Scott Thomas

Production Design

Carmen Marrón

Producer

Brian Standefer

Original Music Composer

Bonnie Emerson

Associate Producer

Hector Salinas

Executive Producer

Natalie Angel

Line Producer

Betty Sullivan

Executive Producer

Ashlyn Angel

Costume Design

Jacenda Burkett

Makeup Department Head

Francisco Bulgarelli

Director of Photography

Andrea Doyle

Art Direction