A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story (1989)
The story of Mary Thomas, the mother of basketball star Isiah Thomas, and how she fought to keep her family together and her sons out of trouble despite the surroundings of poverty, drugs, crime and violence of their ghetto neighborhood.
- Released
- 1989-12-03
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- John Patterson
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Alfre Woodard as Mary Thomas
- AJ Johnson as Ruby Thomas
- Leon as Michael Thomas
- Garland Spencer as Isaiah Thomas at Age 11
- Chick Vennera as Coach Pingatore
- Larry O. Williams Jr. as Isaiah at Age 15
- Jamey Sheridan as Brother Ted
- Harry Lennix as Nero
- Wanda Christine as Sara
- Shamon Ricks as Jojo
- Lanei Chapman as Mary at Age 16
- Barbara E. Robertson as Miss Day