1989 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature Winner
![Stand and Deliver Tom Musca](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/stand-and-deliver-ramon-menendez-image.jpg)
Stand and Deliver
Tom Musca
The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout prone students to learn calculus.
1989 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature Nominees
![Hairspray Rachel Talalay](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hairspray-john-waters-image.jpg)
Hairspray
Rachel Talalay
![Patti Rocks Gregory M. Cummins](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/patti-rocks-david-burton-morris-image.jpg)
Patti Rocks
Gregory M. Cummins
![The Thin Blue Line Mark Lipson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-thin-blue-line-errol-morris-image.jpg)
The Thin Blue Line
Mark Lipson
![Torch Song Trilogy Howard Gottfried](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/torch-song-trilogy-paul-bogart-image.jpg)