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Originally posted by kiml122:
Has anyone heard about the movie "the Visit". It comes out tomorrow 4-20-01. It stars Hill Harper, Billy Dee Williams and some other folks I can't remember right now.  I am going to try and check it out this weekend.
Holla back if anyone else has seen any previews for it.
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I have only seen information about it on the Black Planet's home page. It comes out tomorrow? Hmm. Rae Dawn Chong is also in the movie.
UPDATE:
Based on a play inspired by a true story, the family drama THE VISIT is a heart-warming story of one man`s triumphant journey from despair to love and ultimate redemption.
Alex Waters (Hill Harper) has been sentenced for 25 years for rape: a crime which he insists that he did not commit. Abandoned by his family and left to his fate, Alex fantasizes of escaping his cell and traveling on the trains that run past the prison walls.
Weekly sessions with prison psychiatrist Dr. Coles (Phylicia Rashad) give Alex the courage to face his personal demons. Alex`s wish to mend his fractured relationships with his family - his successful older brother, Tony (Obba Babatundé); his loving mother Lois (Marla Gibbs) and his domineering, unforgiving father, Henry (Billy Dee Williams) - begins when he asks Tony to help him bridge the gap with their parents.
His dream of a better life is strengthened with the reappearance of his childhood friend Felicia (Rae Dawn Chong). With love and compassion, Felicia inspires Alex to reconnect with the idea of spiritual and emotional freedom. Alex is ultimately able to chart a new course that changes forever the fate of those of love him and their memories of him.
**SOUNDS LIKE A WINNER
[This message has been edited by CrimsonTide4 (edited April 19, 2001).]