The Marva Collins Story

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Runtime
100 min

Status
Released

Language
EN

Popularity
2.34

Director
Peter Levin

Writers
Clifford Campion

The Marva Collins Story

1981 · ⭐ 7.8 · Votes: 2

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.

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Genres

Drama TV Movie History

Moods

Kid-Again Emotional

Cast

Barbara Basley Brett Bouldin Ce Ce Thompson Charlie Brown Cicely Tyson Cynthia Collins Darlene Jackson Dianne Kirksey Duke Thorbs Ed Asner Erika McCoy Frankie Hill Gordie Wright Jimmie F. Skaggs Kelly Crosby Marsha Warfield Mashaune Hardy Mike Genovese Morgan Freeman Rodrick F. Wimberly Samuel Muhammad Jr. Steven Williams Tonda Leavy Tony Brown

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