Alma's Rainbow
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1h 29m
Directed by Ayoka Chenzira • Drama • 1994 • U.S. • English
Starring Kim Weston-Moran, Victoria Gabrielle Platt, Mizan Kirby Nunes, Lee Dobson, Jennifer Copeland, Keyonn Shepard, Isaiah Washington
An essential film in the ‘90s Black cinema canon, Ayoka Chenzira's overlooked classic "Alma's Rainbow" is a coming-of-age comedy-drama about three Black women living in Brooklyn who live, love, and wrestle with what it means to exert and exercise their agency.
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