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("Ladykillers," Buena Vista Pictures. Text by Hanh Nguyen.)
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Irma P. Hall
Project: "Soul Food"
Role: Mama Joe
On the Menu: This matriarch has held her family together for 40 years with weekly Sunday dinners of comforting, delicious soul food. Unfortunately, when she slips into a coma (no, not a food coma) from diabetes, the family dinners stop and her family -- including daughters Teri ( Vanessa L. Williams, Maxine (Vivica A. Fox) and Bird (Nia Long) -- begins to fall apart. Quick, rustle up some cornbread and collard greens, stat!
Role: Mama Joe
On the Menu: This matriarch has held her family together for 40 years with weekly Sunday dinners of comforting, delicious soul food. Unfortunately, when she slips into a coma (no, not a food coma) from diabetes, the family dinners stop and her family -- including daughters Teri ( Vanessa L. Williams, Maxine (Vivica A. Fox) and Bird (Nia Long) -- begins to fall apart. Quick, rustle up some cornbread and collard greens, stat!
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