A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story (1989)
The story of Mary Thomas, the mother of basketball star Isiah Thomas, and how she fought to keep her family together and her sons out of trouble despite the surroundings of poverty, drugs, crime and violence of their ghetto neighborhood.
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Cast
- Alfre Woodard — Mary Thomas
- AJ Johnson — Ruby Thomas
- Leon — Michael Thomas
- Garland Spencer — Isaiah Thomas at Age 11
- Chick Vennera — Coach Pingatore
- Larry O. Williams Jr. — Isaiah at Age 15
- Jamey Sheridan — Brother Ted
- Harry Lennix — Nero
- Wanda Christine — Sara
- Shamon Ricks — Jojo
- Lanei Chapman — Mary at Age 16
- Barbara E. Robertson — Miss Day
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