The Marva Collins Story

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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  Steven Williams

  McCloud
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  Marsha Warfield

  Lela Boland
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  Jimmie F. Skaggs

  Zay Smith
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  Mike Genovese

  Mardesich
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  Ed Asner

  Narrator (voice)