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Cora Unashamed is a 2000 American made-for-television drama film from The American Collection directed by Deborah Pratt, starring Regina Taylor and Cherry Jones. The film was shot on location in October 1999 in central Iowa. Cities such as Ames, Cambridge and Story City were used. The movie is based on a short story by the same name in The Ways of White Folks, a 1934 collection of short stories by Langston Hughes. Cinematographer Ernest Holzman won an American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Award, for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Mini-Series'/Pilot for Network or Basic Broadcast TV, for his work on this film. David Herbert Donald called the short story "a brilliantly realized portrait of an isolated black woman in a small Middle Western town, who stoically survives her own sorrows but in the end lashes out against the hypocrisy of the whites who employ her."




Synopsis


This adaptation of Langston Hughes' powerful tale, set in the 1920s and 30s, tells the story of Cora Jenkins, the daughter of the only African-American family in the small Iowa town of Melton. Cora supports her mother and her daughter, Josephine, by working as a domestic in the home of the socially driven Mrs. Studevant, where she serves almost as a surrogate mother to the Studevants' daughter, Jessie. Cora's own daughter dies, and Cora's relationship with Jessie grows even deeper. When Jessie dies as a result of an abortion arranged by her mother and the latter lies about the cause to preserve her social standing, Cora must risk her livelihood, her security, and her place in the community in order to speak the truth and honor the memory of the child she loved and lost.




Cast


Regina Taylor - Cora Jenkins
Cherry Jones - Lizbeth Studevant
Ellen Muth - Jessie Studevant
Molly Graham - 5 year-old Jessie
Michael Gaston - Arthur Studevant
Kohl Sudduth - Joe
Arlen Dean Snyder - Dr. Siebels
CCH Pounder - Ma Jenkins
Tinashe - Josephine Jenkins
Ben Easter - Willie Matsoulis
Melissa Albright - Mary Studevant
Tiffany M. Wren - 13 year-old Mary
Tom Woodward - Reverend Macelroy
Bethany Larson - Muriel Debord
David Fritts - Tom Debord
Stephen George - Luther Jenkins
John Easter - Mr. Matsoulis
Logan Rees - Paperboy




Home media


The film was released on VHS on December 4, 2001.




References






External links


Cora Unashamed at IMDb
Cora Unashamed at Rotten Tomatoes
"Masterpiece Theatre | The American Collection | Cora Unashamed". PBS. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
Lazere, Arthur. "Cora Unashamed". CultureVulture.net. Archived from the original on 2010-07-25. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
Mark Deming, All Movie Guide. "Cora Unashamed Synopsis". Fandango. Retrieved 2010-07-16.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Michael Gaston
• Cherry Jones
• Cora Unashamed
• Ellen Muth
• The Ways of White Folks
• Regina Taylor
• Ben Easter
• Tinashe
• Kohl Sudduth
• Deborah Pratt
• Ann Peacock
• Michael Gaston