In 1975, after 14 frustrating years teaching in public schools, Marva Collins opened the Westside Preparatory School in her own home on Chicago's depressed West Side. Hoping to create an educational environment where the basics came first (and frivolity was banished altogether), Collins faced problems from the outset: low enrollment, high bills, bureaucratic snafus, and, most daunting, the skepticism of her charges' parents. This presentation recounts the story of the school's trying first year, and along the way, profiles a singular teacher who tempers old-fashioned strictness with praise, patience, and inspiration. Stars Cicely Tyson
Name | Type | Role | |
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Clifford Campion | Writer | ||
Charlie Brown | Guest Star | ||
Mashaune Hardy | Guest Star | ||
Mike Genovese | Guest Star | ||
Jimmie F. Skaggs | Guest Star | ||
Duke Thorbs | Guest Star | ||
Brett Bouldin | Guest Star | ||
Cicely Tyson | Guest Star | ||
Kelly Crosby | Guest Star | ||
Morgan Freeman | Guest Star | ||
Samuel Muhammad | Guest Star | ||
Tonda Leavy | Guest Star | ||
Darlene Jackson | Guest Star | ||
Frankie Hill | Guest Star | ||
Dianne Kirksey | Guest Star | ||
Rodrick Wimberly | Guest Star | ||
Marsha Warfield | Guest Star | ||
Ce Ce Thompson | Guest Star | ||
Peter Levin | Director |