Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story is a 2005 American biographical drama television 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. 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.
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Genre | Biographical drama |
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Directed by | Andy Wolk |
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Music by | Bruce Leitl |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Cinematography | John Berrie |
Editor | Drake Silliman |
Running time | 120 minutes |
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Network | Lifetime |
Release | August 22, 2005 |
The film aired on Lifetime. It stars Jami Gertz, Ernie Hudson, Eugene Clark and Sicily Sewell.
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