''Blues for Willadean'' is a 2012 American
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super- ...
written and directed by
Del Shores
Delferd Lynn Shores (born December 3, 1957) is an American film director and producer, television writer and producer, playwright and actor.
Biography
The first play Shores wrote was ''Cheatin which premiered in 1984 in Los Angeles at The MainS ...
and starring
Beth Grant and
Octavia Spencer.
It is based on Shores’ 2003 play ''The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife''.
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Plot
The story is about Willadean, a woman who explores the shame, emotions and privacy of battered women. A film mixed with drama, humor, pain but which offers just hope to abused women. Willadean, wife of a truck driver, tries to escape from the small prison she built thanks to a friend and friend LaSonia who is always close to her and is a blues singer and encourages her with music.
Cast
* Beth Grant as Willadean Winkler
* Octavia Spencer as LaSonia Robinson
* Dale Dickey as Rayleen Hobbs
* David Steen as J.D. Winkler
*Debby Holiday as Blues Singer
*Louise Beard as Mrs. Garrison
Production
The film was shot in Atlanta
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2012 films
American drama films
Films shot in Atlanta
Films shot in Georgia (U.S. state)
American films based on plays
2012 drama films
2010s English-language films
2010s American films
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