Rating: - Cicely Tyson is one of the world's greatest actresses!
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 ... Read More
Rating: - Mama Flora's Family
A excellent movie! Cicely Tyson is a superb actress and has never failed to amaze me with her talents. This show is so heart warming! Hubby & I both loved it.
Rating: - I Love It!!!
I bought this movie to watch for a project in school. I'm so happy I selected this movie because I was completely captivated from beginning to end, which made it a lot easier to write out my five page paper.
Rating: - Stereotypes abound in the fly-by epic of Mama Flora's Family
MAMA FLORA'S FAMILY is a sweeping chronicle of seventy years in the life and descendants of one Flora Henning Palmer. Cicely Tyson who seems to be forever cast in these roles portrays the adult Flora, a woman who has survived prejudice from her own people, the hard and unfair life of sharecropping,the removal of her first newborn son of a "high yellow" plantation owner's son,the growing up of her children, the murder of her husband at the hands of white men,the inner conflicts of her own children and her ever present faith that gives her the inner fortitude to carry on.
Rating: - Great Movie
This was a great movie all the way thru. It was a little long but worth watching. I loved the cast, many of the great actors are in this movie. Even though this film was not based on any one persons life, you will find a bit of history and a bit of a reminder of how close our black families can be.
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