Mama Flora's Family
by Peter Werner (III)
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Actor: Blair Underwood, Cicely Tyson, Erika Alexander, Mario Van Peebles, Queen LatifahDirector: Peter Werner (III)
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 175 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-12-18
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Lions Gate
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Movie Review: Cicely Tyson is one of the world's greatest actresses!
Summary: 5 Stars
Cicely Tyson is one of the greatest actresses in the world at least in my opinion. In this film, she carries elder Flora Henning Palmer with grace, dignity, class, strength and beauty despite the obstacles that her character has to face such as the cold-blooded murder of her husband as he was killed by white men for simply stealing cotton and they get away with it. The actress who plays young FLora does an excellent job in bringing the character to life. I believe it is Erika Alexander and she is fantastic as the mother, daughter, and sister who leaves her family behind in small town Mississippi after the birth of her baby that was ripped from her arms by his father. Della Reese has a small but unforgettable role as the grandmother Nana who is cared for by Flora. When Flora rejects her employer's advances, she is dismissed and sent home in disgrace where she give birth to a boy months later. Flora has known poverty almost her entire life. She goes to Baltimore to save her granddaughter played by Queen Latifah and her great-grandson. She begins to tell the story of her life such as the egg that was hers. There are brilliant scenes mostly because of Cicely Tyson's ability to capture the moment and scene. She sends chills down my spine because she is so brilliant in any role that she takes including the role of Flora. Any other actress could have done satisfactory but Cicely always adds another level of depth to the character and the role itself. She should have won an Emmy for this performance easily.
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