
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.

as Mary Thomas

as Ruby Thomas

as Michael Thomas

as Isaiah Thomas at Age 11

as Coach Pingatore

as Isaiah at Age 15

as Brother Ted

as Nero

as Sara

as Jojo

as Mary at Age 16

as Miss Day

as Sister Kevin Anne

as Mr. Davis

as Mayor Richard Daley

as Dr. Kim

as Mary's Father

as M.J.

as LoBianco

as Grocery Store Manager

as Store Clerk

as Mayor's Receptionist