The Marva Collins Story (1981)
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.
- Released
- 1981-12-01
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie, History
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Peter Levin
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 from 7 votes
Cast
- Cicely Tyson as Marva Collins
- Morgan Freeman as Clarence Collins
- Rodrick F. Wimberly as Martin Luther Jones (as Roderick Wimberly)
- Mashaune Hardy as Cindy Collins
- Brett Bouldin as Patrick Collins
- Samuel Muhammad Jr. as Eric Collins
- Dianne Kirksey as Cynthia Rawls
- Steven Williams as McCloud
- Frankie Hill as Ida Banbower
- Charlie Brown as Chester Boland
- Marsha Warfield as Lela Boland
- Ce Ce Thompson as Louise Jones