Cora Unashamed (2000)
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. When tragedy strikes, will Cora speak the truth...with consequences? From the short story by Langston Hughes.
- Date of release
- 2000-10-24
- TMDB
- 7.3 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- TV Movie, Drama
- Director
- Deborah Pratt
Casting
- Regina Taylor — Cora Jenkins
- Cherry Jones — Lizbeth Studevant
- Ellen Muth — Jessie a 18 anni
- Michael Gaston — Arthur Studevant
- Kohl Sudduth — Joe
- Arlen Dean Snyder — Dr. Siebels
- CCH Pounder — Ma Jenkins
- Tinashe — Josephine
- Ben Easter — Willie Matsoulis
Interesting facts
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. Cities such as Ames, Cambridge and Story City were used. The movie is based on a short story by the same name in The Ways of White Folks, a 1934 collection of short stories by Langston Hughes. Cinematographer Ernest Holzman won an American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Award, for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Mini-Series'/Pilot for Network or Basic Broadcast TV, for his work on this film.
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