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Sister, Sister (1982 film)

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Director
  
John Berry

Music director
  
Alex North

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

7.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama, Family

Screenplay
  
Maya Angelou

Writer
  
Maya Angelou

Language
  
English

Release date
  
June 7, 1982

Cast
  
Irene Cara
(Sissy Lovejoy),
Diahann Carroll
(Carolyne Lovejoy),
Rosalind Cash
(Freida Lovejoy Burton),
Paul Winfield
(Eddie Craven),
Robert Hooks
(Harry Burton)

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Sister, Sister is a 1982 American drama television movie that stars Diahann Carroll, Rosalind Cash, and Irene Cara. It was written by Maya Angelou. It's the story of a family of three sisters who come together to decide the fate of their family home after the death of their revered father. The movie aired on June 7, 1982 on NBC. The film won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. Irene Cara won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special for the film.

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Plot

The story starts out with Caroline Lovejoy (Carroll) singing in the church choir at the local church. It is later revealed that she is having an intense affair with the church's reverend. She later comes home to find her younger sister, Sissy (Cara), with her boyfriend, Johnny. It is expressed that Sissy is an aspiring ice skater, but Caroline wants her to follow in her footsteps and become a schoolteacher.

Their battle goes on throughout the movie. Later their estranged sister, Frieda (Cash) shows up with her 12-year-old son, Danny (Kristoff St. John). They decide to stay for a while because Danny has had some trouble with the law and Frieda wants to give him a fresh start in a new environment. While there, the sisters' lives turn up-side down. Frieda emerges as the troubled black sheep, while Caroline is knocked off her martyr pedestal when the minister succumbs to Frieda's seduction. Sissy learns that their father never wanted another daughter, but had hoped she would be the son that eluded him. Their mother tried to abort her.

Production

Although the movie was released in June 1982, it was filmed three years earlier in November 1979.

Cast

  • Diahann Carroll – Caroline Lovejoy
  • Rosalind Cash – Frieda Lovejoy-Burton
  • Irene Cara – Sisinca "Sissy" Lovejoy
  • Paul Winfield – Eddie Craven
  • Dick Anthony Williams – Reverend Richard Henderson
  • Kristoff St. John – Danny Burton
  • Robert Hooks – Harry Burton

    • References

    Sister, Sister (1982 film) Wikipedia
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    Sister, Sister (1982 film) IMDb