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Summary
Set in the year 1977, two women look to integrate their small town, inspired by the miniseries "Roots" as it hits the airwaves.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 50GoodWatch 52
IMDb6.0
Audience score40%
Running time
1 h 40 min
A typical length for comedies
typical 100100Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 4 countries
Released
2016
April 23, 2016
10 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaLanguage
English
Original language
and 9 more16 people
- Maggie GraceViolet
- Uzo AdubaPearl
- Viva BiancaDee
- Adam BrodyBud
- Elizabeth McGovernShirley
- Cicely TysonHattie
- J.D. EvermoreRaybur
- Joe ChrestFuzzy Canaday
- DTDaryl ThibodauxPedestrian
Kerry CahillClara
Ritchie MontgomeryPip- PKPatrick KearnsDiner Patron
Sewell WhitneyPreacher- EBEric BerrisBike Rider
Jeff GraysJoe Black- NMNikki MayGirl with Cornrows
Directing · 1
- Michael Wilson Director
Writing · 1
- Susan Batten Writer, Producer
Production · 14
- Jeffrey M. Hayes Executive Producer
- Martin Tuchman Executive Producer
- Bill Haber Executive Producer
- Joe Shapiro Executive Producer
- Jennifer Gelfer Executive Producer
- Alan Helene Executive Producer
Camera · 1
- Yaron Levy Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Andrew Drazek Editor
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Shauna Leone Costume Design
Visual Effects · 1
- D.J. Shea Visual Effects
Other crew · 1
- William Scharpf Stunt Coordinator
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