Marva Collins Story (1981) - Marva Collins Story (1981) - DVD

Cicely Tyson delivers an outstanding performance in this compelling made-for-TV drama based on the life of dedicated Chicago schoolteacher Marva Collins. Fed up after toiling in the city's troubled public school system for 14 years, Collins decided to open up a school in her own home, persisting and persevering in the face of opposition from the local teaching community and her students' own parents. Morgan Freeman, Roderick Wimberly, Marsha Warfield also star. 102 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH).