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.
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
Cynthia Baker
Sister Kevin Anne
Marty Higginbotham
Mr. Davis
Ed Grennan
Mayor Richard Daley
Moon Hi Hanson
Dr. Kim
Bernard Mixon
Mary's Father
Rengin Altay
M.J.
Bob Kohut
LoBianco
Kent Martin
Grocery Store Manager
Darrell Echols
Store Clerk
Susan Ware
Mayor's Receptionist
Crew
John Patterson
Director
Jason Miller
Writer
Richard A. Harris
Editor
King Baggot
Director of Photography
Ted Field
Executive Producer
Robert W. Cort
Executive Producer
Kate Wright
Co-Executive Producer
Patricia Clifford
Co-Executive Producer
Richard L. O'Connor
Producer
Chet Walker
Co-Producer
Cathy Newport-Logan
Costume Design
Lee Holdridge
Music
William Arnold
Set Decoration
Michael Merritt
Art Direction