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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.
Oct 25, 2000 · Cora Unashamed: Directed by Deborah Pratt. With Regina Taylor, Cherry Jones, Ellen Muth, Michael Gaston. Cora Jenkins and her parents are the only African-Americans in their community in 1920s Iowa, supported only by Cora's wages as housekeeper to the wealthy Studevants.
- (284)
- Drama
- Deborah Pratt
- 2000-10-25
Oct 25, 2000 · Plot: Set in the 1930's Iowa, where the Cora's family live as the community's only African-Americans. and supported only by Cora's being a housekeeper to the Studevants.
A black servant (Regina Taylor) develops a close bond with her wealthy employers' daughter (Molly Graham) in the 1930s.
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- Regina Taylor
- TV-PG
- Drama
Set in the 1930s, the story takes place in the tiny town of Melton, Iowa, where Cora Jenkins and her family live in isolation as the community's only African Americans. Their existence is supported solely by Cora's earnings as housekeeper in the household of socially driven Lizbeth Studevant.
- Deborah Pratt
- Bathany Larson
The film starts in 1916, with the birth of Cora's daughter Josephine (Tinashe Kachungwe), whose white father, a poet and political activist, was forced to flee before the birth. The time moves to 1921 and Josephine and the Studevants' daughter, Jessie, are the best of friends. Mrs.
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