The Marva Collins Story
The Marva Collins Story
1981
Drama, Biography
TV Movie
1h 40m
A dedicated African-American teacher in an inner-city school in the midwestern United States facing tough odds helps ghetto children to succeed. Meanwhile, she faces an adversarial colleague and a principal who disapproves of her teaching methods. To top it off, some naughty youth regularly mess up the classroom after school to tick the teacher off. We watch as Tyson's character, Marva Collins, manages it all and keeps up both a personal life and her looks.
Directed by:
Peter Levin
16 total credits
Credits include: Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story, A Perfect Day, James at 15, Fighting for My Daughter and Queen Sized
Writer:
Clifford Campion 3 total credits
Credits include: The Marva Collins Story, Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story and The Little Troll Prince
Starring:
Morgan Freeman
131 total credits
Morgan Porterfield Freeman, Jr. is an American actor, film director, and narrator. He is noted for his reserved demeanor and authoritative speaking voice. Freeman has received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Street Smart, Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption and Invictus and won in 2005 for Million Dollar Baby. He has also won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Freeman has appeared in many other box office hits, including Unforgiven... (wikipedia)
60 total credits
Credits include: Fried Green Tomatoes, Last Flag Flying, Alex Cross, Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Because of Winn-Dixie
31 total credits
Credits include: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, Missing in Action 2: The Beginning, Cooley High, 21 Jump Street and Route 666
7 total credits
Credits include: Code of Silence, Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling, Beyond White Space, The Invisible Kid and The Marva Collins Story
2 total credits
Credits include: Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom and The Marva Collins Story
9 total credits
Credits include: Mask, Caddyshack II, D.C. Cab, Night Court and Empty Nest
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Directed by:
Peter Levin 16 total credits
Credits include: Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story, A Perfect Day, James at 15, Fighting for My Daughter and Queen Sized
Writer:
Clifford Campion 3 total credits
Credits include: The Marva Collins Story, Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story and The Little Troll Prince
Starring:
Morgan Freeman 131 total credits
Morgan Porterfield Freeman, Jr. is an American actor, film director, and narrator. He is noted for his reserved demeanor and authoritative speaking voice. Freeman has received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Street Smart, Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption and Invictus and won in 2005 for Million Dollar Baby. He has also won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Freeman has appeared in many other box office hits, including Unforgiven... (wikipedia)
60 total credits
Credits include: Fried Green Tomatoes, Last Flag Flying, Alex Cross, Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Because of Winn-Dixie
31 total credits
Credits include: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, Missing in Action 2: The Beginning, Cooley High, 21 Jump Street and Route 666
7 total credits
Credits include: Code of Silence, Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling, Beyond White Space, The Invisible Kid and The Marva Collins Story
2 total credits
Credits include: Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom and The Marva Collins Story
9 total credits
Credits include: Mask, Caddyshack II, D.C. Cab, Night Court and Empty Nest
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