Movie

The Marva Collins Story

1981 · 100 min

A warm, earnest true-story drama that lifts you up as it follows a determined teacher proving what her students can do.

Overview: 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.
How it feels: Earnest, uplifting, warm and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Education, race, class, family
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: education
race
class
family
healing
Places: big city
school
home
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none