The Marva Collins Story

Director: Peter Levin Peter Levin

Overview

This film tells the real-life story of Marva Collins. After 14 years of teaching in Chicago's dead-end public school system, Collins used her retirement money to open her own school. Collins utilized pragmatism and common sense in her efforts to teach the "incorrigibles" she'd inherited from Chicago's antediluvian school system.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/11/2018
UPC:	0888574038311
Original Release:	1981
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:42:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Cicely Tyson	Marva Collins
Morgan Freeman	Clarence Collins
Roderick Wimberly	Martin Luther Jones
Mashaune Hardy	Cindy Collins
Marsha Warfield	Lela Boland
Samuel Muhammad Jr.	Eric Collins
Brett Bouldin	Patrick Collins
Frankie Hill	Ida Banbower
Dianne Kirksey	Cynthia Rawls
Duke Thorbs	Eddie Banbower
Jimmie F. Skaggs	Chester Boland
Edward Asner	Narrator
Fred Karlin	Composer

Technical Credits

Clifford Campion

Peter Levin	Director
Conrad Holzgang	Producer
Clifford Campion	Producer,Screenwriter
Marian Rees	Executive Producer