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Bad Hair

 

Release Date:   10/23/20; Hulu (Original Release: 1/23/20 – Sundance Film Festival)
Genre:   Comedy/Horror
Rating:  NR
Director:   Justin Simien
Studio(s):   Sight Unseen Pictures
Running Time:  115 mins.

Cast:  Elle Lorraine, Vanessa Williams, Jay Pharoah, Lena Waithe, Blair Underwood, Laverne Cox

Story:   Los Angeles, 1989. Anna Bludso (Elle Lorraine) is a scarred survivor of a scalp burn from a mild relaxer perm. She also has the smarts and ambition to be the next on-air star at Culture, a music video TV show. After years of struggling to be seen for her ideas and hard work, Anna fears the worst when her dreadlocked boss is replaced by Zora (Vanessa Williams), an ex-supermodel with a silver tongue.  Zora warns Anna that her nappy look has got to go, so Anna bites the bullet and gets a weave. Turns out, her flowing new hair is the key to success—but it arrived with a mind of its own, and it bites back!  Source:  Sundance.org.

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One Fine Christmas

Release Date:   11/15/19; OWN
Genre:   Holiday
Rating:  NR
Director:   Fred Olen Ray
Studio(s):   Harpo Films, Hybrid, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network.
Running Time:  Unknown

Cast:   Vanessa Williams (Susan), Rick Fox, Sasha Fox (Haley), Marla Gibbs (Alice), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Al), Daniel Booko (Nicolas Carter), June Carryl  (Matty), Eva La Dare (Diana), Bobby Rice (Rick), Reatha Grey (Ms. Daniels), Alley Piontek (Kelly), Rodney Van Johnson (Bob), Alfonso Caballero (Jesse).

Story:   Marking the first time they have acted together, Rick Fox and his daughter Sasha Fox star in One Fine Christmas. The father/daughter duo join beloved actress Marla Gibbs and fan favorite Vanessa Williams in the ensemble cast.

The families on Christmas Street have been so busy with their day-to-day lives that they lose sight of the importance of family during the holiday season. Haley comes home for the Christmas holiday, but home has not been the same since her family split up. Haley’s mother Susan is working on a deal with her client which causes her to have little time for Haley or her mother Alice.  Al is too preoccupied with work that he overlooks his wife Matty.  Meanwhile, Bob and Diana’s son Jesse comes home for Christmas with a very special surprise. This “slice of life” holiday tale shares the individual stories of these neighbors as they celebrate Christmas Eve and find themselves unexpectedly united for the holiday season.  Source:  Deadline.  Photo Source:  Oprahmag.com.

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Miss Virginia

Release Date:  10/18/19; In Theaters & VOD
Genre:  Drama
Rating:  NR
Director:  R.J. Daniel Hanna
Studio(s):   Moving Picture Institute, Vertical Entertainment.
Running Time:  102 mins.

Cast:  Uzo Aduba (Virginia Walden), Vanessa Williams (Sally Ray), Aunjanue Ellis (Congresswoman Lorraine Townsend), Amirah Vann (Shondae Smith), Adina Porter (Annette Johnson), Niles Fitch (James), Nadji Jeter (Bonz), Matthew Modine (Congressman Clifford William).

Story:   Based on a true story, Miss Virginia stars Uzo Aduba as a struggling single mother who is losing her fifteen-year-old son to the rough streets of Washington, DC. Unwilling to see him drop out and deal drugs, she places him in a private school. But when she can’t afford the tuition, she launches a movement to change the system that is destroying him and thousands like him. Attacked and threatened by those who don’t want change—from corrupt politicians to the local drug lord—Virginia must discover depths of strength she never knew she had.  Source:  Official site, missvirginiamovie.com.

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The Secret She Kept

The Secret She KeptRelease Date:  7/10/16; TV One
Genre:  Drama
Rating:  Unrated
Director:  Alton Glass
Studio:   Swirl Films

Cast:  Kyla Pratt (Tia), Gavin Houston (Lance), Kellita Smith (Virginia), Vanessa Williams (Beverly)

Story:  A beautiful, high-powered attorney, Tia Jiles, has just married the man of her dreams, successful magazine executive Lance Kingston and is on the brink of launching a major political campaign when a pattern of erratic behavior uncovers her secret: she suffers from mental illness.  Source:  TV One.

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The Trip to Bountiful

The Trip to BountifulRelease Date:  March 8, 2014 (Made-for-TV; Lifetime Network)
Genre:  Drama
Rating:  Not Available
Studio:  Ostar Productions/Lifetime Television
Director:  Michael Wilson
Cast:  Cicely Tyson (Mrs. Watts), Vanessa Williams (Jessie Mae Watts), Blair Underwood (Ludie Watts), Clancy Brown (Sheriff) Keke Palmer (Thelma).

Story:  As reported on January 6, 2014 by Broadway World, The Trip to Bountiful is a television adaptation of American playwright and screenwriter Horton Foote’s Tony nominated play. Set during the final years of the Jim Crow South, the film follows one woman’s quest to reconnect with her past in order to ensure her family’s future.

In The Trip to Bountiful, Carrie Watts (Tyson, who was awarded with a Tony for her role in the Broadway revival), begrudgingly lives with her busy, overprotective son, Ludie (Underwood) and pretentious daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae (Williams). No longer able to drive and forbidden to travel alone, she wishes for freedom from the confines of the house and begs her son to take her on a visit to her hometown of Bountiful. When he refuses, Mrs. Watts is undeterred and makes an escape to the local bus station, where she befriends Thelma (Palmer), a young woman traveling home. When Ludie and Jessie Mae discover she is gone, they call in law enforcement to help, but Mrs. Watts is one step ahead of them and convinces the local sheriff to help her on her journey home to Bountiful.  (Source(s):  Broadway World).

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