Cora Unashamed
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Deborah Pratt
Bathany Larson
Ben Easter
Michael Gaston
Logan Rees
Tinashe Kachungwe
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
An adaptation of a story by Langston Hughes that focuses on the stories of black and white families in 1916-31 Iowa. Cora, an African-American woman living in an all-white Iowa town in the 1930s, gives up her livelihood and security in order to speak the truth about the tragic deaths of two children she loved. 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. Tested early in life by the death of her daughter, Cora transfers her maternal love to the Studevants' daughter, Jessie, whose own mother is unable to demonstrate affection for her child. When Jessie dies as a result of a tragic lapse in judgment by her mother, Cora's devotion to the girl empowers her to speak the truth to the town -- regardless of the cost.
Director
Deborah Pratt
Cast
Bathany Larson
Ben Easter
Michael Gaston
Logan Rees
Tinashe Kachungwe
Arlen Dean Snyder
