The Marva Collins Story poster

The Marva Collins Story

Description: 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.

Genres: Drama, TV Movie, History

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Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0

Runtime: 100 minutes

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Cicely Tyson

Played Marva Collins

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Morgan Freeman

Played Clarence Collins

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Rodrick F. Wimberly

Played Martin Luther Jones (as Roderick Wimberly)

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Mashaune Hardy

Played Cindy Collins

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Brett Bouldin

Played Patrick Collins

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Samuel Muhammad Jr.

Played Eric Collins

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Dianne Kirksey

Played Cynthia Rawls

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Steven Williams

Played McCloud

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Frankie Hill

Played Ida Banbower

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Charlie Brown

Played Chester Boland

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Marsha Warfield

Played Lela Boland

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Ce Ce Thompson

Played Louise Jones

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Jimmie F. Skaggs

Played Zay Smith

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Mike Genovese

Played Mardesich

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Kelly Crosby

Played Tina Boland

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Tonda Leavy

Played Clarissa Lester

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Duke Thorbs

Played Eddie Banbower

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Darlene Jackson

Played Roxanne Johnston

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Cynthia Collins

Played Rose

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Erika McCoy

Played Brenda

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Gordie Wright

Played Truman

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Ed Asner

Played Narrator (voice)

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Barbara Basley

Played Ms. Lester

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Tony Brown

Played Raphael

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