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  1. Dec 3, 1989 · Mary Thomas is a single mother with nine children in a rough Chicago neighborhood. She struggles through poverty, resisting gangsters, violence and drugs while battling an indifferent city bureaucracy.

    • (121)
    • Biography, Drama, Sport
    • John Patterson
    • 1989-12-03
  2. A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story (1989) AlsoTV. 31.7K subscribers.

    • 87 min
    • 651.4K
    • AlsoTV
  3. A Mother's Courage is the story of Mary Thomas, the mother of Detroit Pistons star player Isaiah Thomas. Mary is a tireless, feisty single mom, struggling to free her large family from the influence of the poverty and crime surrounding her West Side Chicago neighborhood.

    • John Patterson
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    "A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story" is a 1989 telefilm produced by The Walt Disney Company. It was originally broadcast as a 2-part episode on The Magical World of Disney on NBC on December 3 and December 10, 1989. The telefilm was directed by John Patterson.

    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.

    •Alfre Woodard ... Mary Thomas

    •A.J. Johnson ... Ruby Thomas

    •Leon ... Michael Thomas

    •Garland Spencer ... Isiah Thomas - Middle School

    •Chick Vennera

    •Larry O. Williams Jr. ... Isiah Thomas - High School

    • 4 min
  4. Mary Thomas (Alfre Woodard) is a single mother with nine children in a rough Chicago neighborhood. She struggles through poverty, resisting gangsters, violence and drugs while battling an ...

    • (1)
    • John Patterson
    • TV-PG
    • Alfre Woodard
  5. Mary's youngest son, Isiah (Larry O. Williams Jr.), grows up to be on of the greatest players in the history of the NBA, leading the Detroit Pistons to two championships. Mary Thomas (Alfre...

  6. The Mother's Courage: Mary Thomas Story. Story of Mary Thomas, mother of Detroit Pistons player Isaiah Thomas. 7 1 h 27 min 1989. 7+. Drama · Sports. This video is currently unavailable.