Soul food / Fox 2000 Pictures presents an Edmonds Entertainment production ; a George Tillman, Jr. film ; produced by Tracey E. Edmonds, Robert Teitel ; written and directed by George Tillman, Jr.

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Sunday dinner at Mother Joe's is a mouth-watering, 40-year tradition. As seen through the eyes of her grandson Ahmad, love and laughs are always on the menu, despite the usual rivalries simmering between his mom Maxine and her sisters Teri and Bird. But when serious bickering starts to tear the fami...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Soul food (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Fox 2000 Pictures
Edmonds Entertainment (Firm)
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Tillman, George, 1969-
Edmonds, Tracey E.
Teitel, Robert
Williams, Vanessa
Fox, Vivica A., 1964-
Long, Nia
Beach, Michael
Phifer, Mekhi, 1975-
Sams, Jeffrey D.
Hall, Irma P., 1935-
Ravera, Gina
Hammond, Brandon, 1984-
Elliott, Paul (Paul Henry), 1950-
Carter, John (John H.)
Melvoin, Wendy
Coleman, Lisa
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Soundtracks in English or French ; optional subtitles in English or Spanish ; closed-captioned.
Published: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2000], ©2000.
Edition:Director's edition.
Subjects:
African American families > Drama.
African American women > Drama.
Feature films > Video recordings for French speakers.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Genre:
Drama.
Video recordings for French speakers.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Sunday dinner at Mother Joe's is a mouth-watering, 40-year tradition. As seen through the eyes of her grandson Ahmad, love and laughs are always on the menu, despite the usual rivalries simmering between his mom Maxine and her sisters Teri and Bird. But when serious bickering starts to tear the family apart, the good times suddenly stop. Now it's up to Ahmad to get everyone back together and teach them the true meaning of soul food.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997.
Special features: Director's commentary ; original theatrical trailers ; excepts from the Soul Food cook book.
Videorecording.
Call Number:PN1995.9.N4 S68 2000 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: R.
Credits:Director of photography, Paul Elliott ; editor, John Carter ; music, Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman.
System Details:DVD ; widescreen presentation (1.85:1) ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround (English soundtrack) and Dolby surround (English and French soundtracks) ; region 1.
Cast:
Vanessa L. Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Michael Beach, Mekhi Phifer, Jeffrey D. Sams, Irma P. Hall, Gina Ravera, Brandon Hammond.