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S. Epatha Merkerson, Marcus Carl Franklin, Mos Def

In segregation-era Lackawanna, NY, Rachel "Nanny" Crosby is a an incredible woman whose boarding home is a place where drifters and dreamers, eccentrics and excessives can always find a hot meal and a...( read more  read more... ) new start. Into this world comes Junior, a little boy Nanny takes in and raises as her own. Nanny's love and the stories from her boarders' damaged and haunted pasts irrevocably change the young boy's life.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 34 min.

Directed by: George C Wolfe

Release Date: January 26, 2005

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DVD Release Date: August 23, 2005

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Flixster Reviews (197)

  • sapphirechaos05
    October 9, 2007
    sapphirechaos05
    great movie....S.Epatha Merkerson was fabulously awesome
  • RemiLogan
    August 9, 2009
    RemiLogan
    I LOVED this movie!! S. Epatha Merkerson was a great matriarch in this film, loved Macy Gray, loved everyone in this film!!
  • Soundsofmadness
    March 28, 2009
    Soundsofmadness
    No thankyou - Not interested
  • stevealaska75
    March 3, 2009
    stevealaska75
    i like most o his movies
  • xxxcli213xxx
    December 10, 2008
    xxxcli213xxx
    no thanks not my kinda thing
  • ash12230
    October 9, 2008
    ash12230
    Its a REALLY good movie
  • itzniecy
    September 25, 2008
    itzniecy
    Good movie, very interesting plot; first-rate casting.
  • sxcjaydo
    July 10, 2008
    sxcjaydo
    this is a really good movie!
  • MECreviews
    March 2, 2008
    MECreviews
    I saw this on BET a while back. Good movie.
  • wildblackflower
    January 11, 2008
    wildblackflower
    great story of a woman who took care of people and put them back together again.

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