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 | Harker Wade | Producer |
| Writing | Robert Hamilton | Writer |
| Production | Robert Hamilton | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Billy Goldenberg | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Don E. FauntLeRoy | Director of Photography |
| Production | Renée Valente | Executive Producer |
| Art | John Leimanis | Production Design |
| Production | Melinda Gartzman | Casting |
| Art | Joseph Litsch | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean-Pierre Dorléac | Costume Designer |
| Directing | Stefania Girolami Goodwin | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Dennis A. Brown | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Sound | Gary Alexander | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Nina K. Noble | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Diane Dalmonte | Stunts |
| Crew | John Copeman | Stunt Driver |
| Sound | Dennis Kirk | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | G. Michael Graham | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Lighting | Mick McNeely | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ron Clark | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Hedges Lampert | Key Hair Stylist |
