CORA UNASHAMED [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 2000
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Adapted from the powerful short story by Harkem poet Langston Hughes, CORA UNASHAMED stars Emmy-nominee and Golden Globe-winning acress Regina Taylor as Cora Jenkins, a domestic who works in the stifling household of the socially driven Lizbeth Studevant, played by Tony Award-winner Cherry Jones.; ; Set in teh 19302, the story takes place in the tiny town of Melton, Iowa, where the Jenkinses live in isolation as the community's only African Americans. Their precarious existence is supported solely by Cora's earnings as housekeeper to the Studevants. Tested early in life by the death of her daughter, Cora transfers her maternal love to the Studevants' daughter, Jessie, whose own mother is unable to demonstrate affection for her child. When tragedy strikes Jessie as the result of a lapse in judgment by her monther, Cora's devotion to the girl empowers her to speak the truth to the town - regardless of the cost.
• Cast: Regina Taylor, Cherry Jones, Ellen Muth, Michael Gaston, Kohl Sudduth, Arlen Dean Snyder, CCH Pounder, Tinashe Kachingwe, Molly Graham, Ben Easter, Tiffany M. Wren, Melissa Albright, Tom Woodward, Bethany Larson, David Fritts, Stephen George, John Easter, Logan Rees, Jessica Beebe, Jim Brockhohn, John Earl Robinson, Deborah Pratt, Langston Hughes, Ann Peacock
• Director: Deborah Pratt
• Runtime: 1:33
• Media Format: Movie