The Marva Collins Story (1981)

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The Marva Collins Story was released on December 1, 1981, in the USA. The American film was produced by the Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, NRW Features, and Warner Bros. Television. The film was directed by Peter Levin. The film is displaying how Marva Collins, an African American teacher, succeed in teaching and empowering African American kids who were mostly known as failed students[1].

Plot

The Marva Collins Story Film Poster[2]

Marva Collins, an African American teacher, despises the bureaucratic system in education as there were many poor students who were African Americans who could not go to school. She believes that each student can have the same opportunity to succeed as they all have the potential for each student. After fourteen years teaching in public school, Marva Collins convinces her husband to open a private school in their home. Despite the struggle she faced, she would happily accept these African Americans who were rejected by public schools. She teaches them with encouragement and enthusiasm with a different way of pedagogy compared to other teachers in public schools. In the end, she helped hundreds of African American kids getting a good education and goes into the best colleges across the country[3].

Black Empowerment

Marva Collins built a private school named Westside Preparatory. African American kids who were assumed to be less intelligent, broke, and experienced racism was accepted by Marva Collins as she wanted to change the difficulties they had. The structural issue on education had made Marva Collins defying the odds. She would motivate students to learn new things and aspire them to be more confident. She assured the shattered emotion and reminding African American kids that they could learn from failures as there would always an opportunity for them. She inspired these students that they could succeed in anything if they would endure the struggle and errors they faced. Eventually, Marva Collins had changed the minds of students and their thinking had improved into educated students. She had become an example for the education system across the country that each student can succeed by praising them with love and encouragement for their skills, not discrimination for only selected students. In the end, Marva Collins was offered an education secretary by President Reagan, though, she declined the offer as she believes that she can be more impactful by teaching students in the classroom[4].

Controversy

Several less privileged children who mostly were African American kids could not get good education due to the bureaucracy of the governmental agencies. At the time, it was presumed that black students can only be successful through basketball, if not, then they would be fallen into poverty, despair, and ignorance. Furthermore, these students would fall into illiteracy and criminals life as public schools would reject them. Their mentals and minds were shattered as difficulties had suppressed the African American kids where nobody would want to resolve these issues[5].

References

  1. The Marva Collins Story (1981). IMDb. Retrieved January 27 2021
  2. The Marva Collins Story Film Poster Amazon. Retrieved January 27 2021
  3. The Marva Collins Story Black Classic Movies. Retrieved January 27 2021
  4. Scott Holleran. TV & DVD Review: The Marva Collins Story (1981) Scott Holleran. Retrieved January 27 2021
  5. Free Movie Review About The Marva Collins Story WePapers. Retrieved January 27 2021