Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story is a 2005 TV film which tells the true story of a former parole officer named Marilyn Gambrell, who helped a group of students at M.B. Smiley High School in Houston, Texas, United States. The students had either been raped, sexually harassed and/or beaten by their own parents. Marilyn helped the students learn to fight back for one another and for themselves. For this, she created the No More Victims program.
| Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Andy Wolk |
| Produced by | Michael Frislev Damian Ganczewski Chad Oakes |
| Written by | Andy Wolk Peter Wolk |
| Starring | Jami Gertz Ernie Hudson Eugene Clark Sicily Sewell Stacy Meadows, Jr. Trent Cameron Edwin Hodge Zak Santiago Regine Nehy Jorge Vargas |
| Music by | Bruce Leitl |
| Cinematography | John Berrie |
| Edited by | Drake Silliman |
Production company | Nomadic Pictures Once Upon a Time Films |
| Distributed by | Lifetime Movie Network |
Release date |
|
Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The former campus of M.B. Smiley High School, the school featured in the film - the campus is now the main campus of North Forest High School
The film aired on Lifetime. It starred Jami Gertz, Ernie Hudson, Eugene Clark and Sicily Sewell.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.