Margaret Mitchell, portrayed as rebellious and spirited as Scarlett O'Hara, grows up in a comfortably middle-class Atlanta home, absorbing her grandmother's stories of the Civil War and the burning of their city by the Yankees. Young Peggy, as she likes to be called, goes to Smith College in Massachusetts and hates it. Back in Atlanta, her mildly scandalous reputation is made more so by her first marriage, to Red Upshaw, a bootlegging rake. Later, her second husband encourages her to expand her writing talents beyond feature articles for The Atlanta Journal. Her first and only novel becomes one of the best-selling books of all time.
Unfortunately the movie A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Larry Peerce | Director |
| Production | Renée Valente | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Don E. FauntLeRoy | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Robert Hamilton | Writer |
| Sound | Gary Alexander | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Nina K. Noble | First Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Mick McNeely | Gaffer |
| Crew | Diane Dalmonte | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Hedges Lampert | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean-Pierre Dorléac | Costume Designer |
| Crew | John Copeman | Stunt Driver |
| Art | John Leimanis | Production Design |
| Sound | Dennis Kirk | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Stefania Girolami Goodwin | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | G. Michael Graham | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Production | Robert Hamilton | Executive Producer |
| Production | Melinda Gartzman | Casting |
| Production | Dennis A. Brown | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Art | Joseph Litsch | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Billy Goldenberg | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ron Clark | Key Makeup Artist |
| Production | Harker Wade | Producer |
