The Marva Collins Story

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19811h 40m

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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Cicely Tyson

Marva Collins

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Morgan Freeman

Clarence Collins

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Marsha Warfield

Lela Boland

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Mike Genovese

Mardesich

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Ed Asner

Narrator (voice)

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