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A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story

  • TV Movie
  • 19891989
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 1h 27m
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A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story (1989)
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Mary Thomas is a single mother with nine children in a rough Chicago neighborhood. She struggles through poverty, resisting gangsters, violence and drugs while battling an indifferent city b... Read allMary Thomas is a single mother with nine children in a rough Chicago neighborhood. She struggles through poverty, resisting gangsters, violence and drugs while battling an indifferent city bureaucracy. Her children thrive under her protection, despite the dangers and temptations ... Read allMary Thomas is a single mother with nine children in a rough Chicago neighborhood. She struggles through poverty, resisting gangsters, violence and drugs while battling an indifferent city bureaucracy. Her children thrive under her protection, despite the dangers and temptations of their neighborhood. Mary's youngest son, Isiah Thomas, grows up to be one of the greate... Read all
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    • Jason Miller
  • Stars
    • Alfre Woodard
    • A.J. Johnson
    • Leon
    • John Patterson
    • Jason Miller
  • Stars
    • Alfre Woodard
    • A.J. Johnson
    • Leon
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    • 3User reviews
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy

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    Alfre Woodard
    Alfre Woodard
    • Mary Thomas
    A.J. Johnson
    A.J. Johnson
    • Ruby Thomas
    Leon
    Leon
    • Michael Thomas
    Garland Spencer
    • Isiah Thomas - Middle School
    Chick Vennera
    Chick Vennera
    Larry O. Williams Jr.
    Larry O. Williams Jr.
    • Isiah Thomas - High School
    Jamey Sheridan
    Jamey Sheridan
    • Brother Ted
    • (as James Sheridan)
    Harry Lennix
    Harry Lennix
    • Nero
    Shamon Ricks
    • Jojo
    Lanei Chapman
    Lanei Chapman
    • Mary - at 16
    Barbara E. Robertson
    Barbara E. Robertson
    • Miss Day - Receptionist
    Cynthia Baker
    • Sister Kevin Anne
    Marty Higginbotham
    • Mr. Davis
    Ed Grennan
    • Mayor Daley
    Moon Hi Hanson
    • Dr. Kim
    Bernard Mixon
    • Mary's Father
    Rengin Altay
    • M.J.
    Bob Kohut
    • LoBianco
      • John Patterson
      • Jason Miller
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      Featured in The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1990)

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    8/10
    A bit more info about this excellent film.
    This is the story of Mary Thomas, mother of basketball superstar Isaiah Thomas, and the things she did to ensure a good life for her children. It chronicles their family's life in the projects and the struggles they went through, such as lack of money, health issues and even violence (one of her sons being involved with a vigilante group and also the drive-by shooting of a friend of Isaiah's are dealt with). It shows how strong Mary Thomas' love for her children is and follows, to some extent, the life of Isaiah as he progressed through high school and on through graduation at college. This is a thoroughly enjoyable movie and I hope to see it again some day!
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    • Nov 26, 2002

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      • December 3, 1989 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Production companies
      • Interscope Communications
      • Walt Disney Television
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    • 1 hour 27 minutes
      • Color
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