Sister, Sister (1982 film)
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Title card. | |
| Genre |
Drama Family |
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| Written by | Maya Angelou |
| Directed by | John Berry |
| Starring |
Diahann Carroll Irene Cara Rosalind Cash Dick Anthony Williams Paul Winfield |
| Theme music composer | Alex North |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Irv Wilson |
| Producer(s) |
Maya Angelou John Berry Dennis Berry (associate producer) |
| Cinematography | Gayne Rescher |
| Editor(s) | Art Seid |
| Running time | 98 minutes |
| Production company(s) | 20th Century Fox Television |
| Distributor | NBC |
| Budget | US $50,000 |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | June 7, 1982 |
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.
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
External links
- Sister, Sister at the Internet Movie Database
- Sister, Sister – Moviefone
- Sister, Sister – Trailer – Showtimes – Cast – Movies – New York Times
- Maya Angelou Biography – Yahoo! Movies
- Moore, Trudy. Why 'Sister, Sister' Film Was Kept Off The Air For Three Years. Jet (magazine) June 21, 1982.