The Marva Collins Story
19811h 40mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- History
- TV Movie
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 1, 1981
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Cast
- Rodrick F. Wimberly,Darlene Jackson,Dianne Kirksey,Barbara Basley,Ed Asner,Mashaune Hardy,Brett Bouldin,Charlie Brown,Duke Thorbs,Frankie Hilland 14 more
- Director
- Peter Levin
- Writer
- Clifford Campion
- Producer
- Conrad Holzgang,Marian Rees
- Cinematography
- Donald H. Birnkrant
- Music
- Fred Karlin
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0082719