Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
Release: 2005-08-22
·Runtime: 120m
·★ 7.3
Drama
TV Movie
Based on a true story, former parole officer Marilyn Gambrell and a colleague set up a pioneer trial-based program in one of America's toughest high schools to help the children of incarcerated parents regain control of their own lives and not expect the same thing to happen as it did to their parents. To the surprise of everyone, the program works, but the administration warns the duo that it will not last unless every senior student is able to pass his or her final exams and graduate with the class. As the end of the school year approaches, Gertz faces a crisis to save everything she believes in or lose it all
Cast
Zak Santiago
as Ed Rivera
Regine Nehy
as Valerie
Pamela Crawford
as Grandmother
Eugene Clark
as Reginald Spivey
Ernie Hudson
as Perry Beasley
Kaya Coleman
as Little Kid
Andrea D'Amours
as Waitress
Edwin Hodge
as Darnell
Jorge Vargas
as Miguel
Sicily Johnson
as Lisa Jones
Michasha Armstrong
as Frank, Jamal's Stepfather
Jami Gertz
as Marilyn Gambrell
Trent Cameron
as Jamal