Be My Teacher is a 2009 American drama directed by Lakisha R. Lemons in which Alecia Willis, a young high school English teacher, finds herself in an increasingly difficult situation when Evan — a mature and persistent senior just shy of 18 — develops intense romantic feelings for her and relentlessly pursues her. As Evan's advances grow stronger and Alecia's own vulnerability begins to crack her professional resolve, she is forced to confront the thin and dangerous line between forbidden passion and legal consequences — questioning whether love can ever justify crossing the boundaries that exist between a teacher and her student.