Savannah (1989)
Through the employment of magical realist storytelling devices, an African-American actress is shown to be a hyper-competent career woman who denies her roots in traditional African beliefs and spirituality.
Drama
Cast
- Penny Johnson Jerald — Savannah/Whitney
- Vivian Beneal — Mama Sey
- Jesse D. Goins — Renfrow
- Sarina Grant — Sadie
- Clyde Jones — Shaw
- Kent Ayana — Initiate
- Kent King — Initiate
- Nikki Dewitty — 9 year-old Savannah
- Lemnique Wafer — 2 year-old Savannah
- Dominique Garrison — Young Mama Sey
- Karen Bates — Whitney's Mother
- Jeff Seymour — Director
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