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The Marva Collins Story (1981)
Directed by Peter Levin
Drama, TV Movie, History · 1h 40m
Cicely Tyson was Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Actress for her portrait of a Chicago schoolteacher whose remarkable achievements with black children labelled "unteachable" were spotlighted in a 1979 "60 Minutes" segment about how she became disillusioned with the traditional school system and decided to work outside of it, transforming her students into young scholars through her unique teaching style.
Cast
Cicely Tyson
Marva Collins
Morgan Freeman
Clarence Collins
R
Rodrick F. Wimberly
Martin Luther Jones (as Roderick Wimberly)
M
Mashaune Hardy
Cindy Collins
B
Brett Bouldin
Patrick Collins
S
Samuel Muhammad Jr.
Eric Collins
D
Dianne Kirksey
Cynthia Rawls
Steven Williams
McCloud
F
Frankie Hill
Ida Banbower
C
Charlie Brown
Chester Boland
Marsha Warfield
Lela Boland
C
Ce Ce Thompson
Louise Jones
Crew
- Director
- Peter Levin
- Writer
- Clifford Campion
- Director of Photography
- Donald H. Birnkrant
- Original Music Composer
- Fred Karlin
- Editor
- Marjorie Fowler
- Producer
- Conrad Holzgang
Details
- Release date
- 1981-12-01
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, NRW Features