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The Preacher's Kid in Atlanta (2010)
Character: Self
A melting pot rich in history, culture and entertainment, Atlanta was the perfect location to shoot this film based on its understanding and reverance for the gospel community. Produced for the “Preacher’s Kid” DVD.
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The Prodigal Experience: Reflections on a Story (2010)
Character: Self
Preacher's Kid is an amazing journey of love, family, faith and forgiveness that touches upon the themes of a biblical story, while giving a message that is current and relevant in a way that can be embraced by everyone. Produced for the “Preacher’s Kid” DVD.
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The Ditchdigger's Daughters (1997)
Character: Young Jeanette
Based on the memoirs of Yvonne S. Thornton, this heartwarming, inspirational family drama centers on a poor black laborer who wanted his six daughters to grow up to be doctors.
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Tournament of Dreams (2007)
Character: Slick
The Lady Cavaliers high school girls' basketball team is on the verge of extinction because of school budget cuts. The school's principal is just about consign the Cavs to oblivion when the team and certain faculty members fight back alongside a new coach who could take the team to new heights and prove that they belong. In addition to winning games, the girls face other obstacles such as love, loss and divorce.
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Flossin (2001)
Character: Ardelia
When a Bel Air family's fortune diminishes before their eyes, their living options become very minimal.
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America's Dream (1996)
Character: Lara (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
Made especially for the HBO cable network, this well-wrought feature is comprised of three short stories by three noted black American authors, each of which is directed by a respected black director.
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Touched by an Angel: A Christmas Miracle (1998)
Character: Serena
After their parents died, Wayne Travers (Randy Travis) began taking care of his mentally retarded brother Joey, a responsibility he was starting to regret. His only help was Joey’s friend Serena–until a miracle happened on Christmas Eve. Charles, a con-artist, arrived the next morning and divided the town with his schemes. What he didn’t expect, however, was to find pieces of his life he’d abandoned long ago, and he certainly never expected to encounter real angels. Monica and Tess (Roma Downey, Della Reese) have their hands full helping the people discern between truth and lies while protecting a miracle that reveals the true giftof Christmas. From the heartwarming , hit series, Tounced by an Angel, this poignant story is destined to become a holiday classic
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I'll Fly Away: Then and Now (1993)
Character: Adlaine Harper
Lilly Taylor returns to her hometown for the first time in thirty years, where she remembers the dramatic events that led to her leaving, and learns what became of the Bedford family she used to work for.
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Ms. Scrooge (1997)
Character: Young Ebenita
Television movie updating Charles Dickens' story, "A Christmas Carol." Businesswoman Ebenita Scrooge treats her employees and customers poorly. She has no time for Christmas or the holiday spirit. On Christmas Eve, she is visited by the ghost of her dead partner Maude Marley and then by other spirits who remind her of her happy past and chronicle the bitterness and greed that have taken over her life. At last, she is shown her own death and funeral. No one is there to mourn her. This revelation shocks her into opening her heart and her checkbook.
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Milo (1998)
Character: Kendra
Four grade school girls witness a classmate murdered by Milo Jeeder, a little boy in a yellow raincoat, before he supposedly drowns to death in a river, only to discover sixteen years later that Milo has seemingly reappeared, unchanged.
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A Time to Kill (1996)
Character: Tonya Hailey
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
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Lily in Winter (1994)
Character: Louetta Covington
Lily Covington, a Manhattan housekeeper, embarks on a trip to the rural Alabama town of her youth. To Lily's surprise, her employer's nine-year-old son Michael stows away for the ride. Together, Lily and Michael realize just how alike and how different their worlds really are. Michael explores a way of life he never knew existed, while Lily discovers some tender truths about the family she left behind.
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Nocturnal Agony (2014)
Character: Bay Bay
A highly successful upper middle class woman with a loving family has her seemingly “perfect” world turned upside down when the hidden secrets from her past suddenly resurface, forcing her and her beloved mother into a painful examination of their lives, their relationship with one another, and their faith in God
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Freedom Song (2000)
Character: Dora Charles
Freedom Song is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of the Freedom Summer, a group of high school students in the small town are eager to make grassroots changes in their own community. The young activists meet resistance not only from white southerners, but from their parents, who have experienced firsthand the violence that can result from speaking out. As high school students band together with the support of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, they make strides in registering African-American voters and gaining awareness for their cause.
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How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
Character: Little Anna
Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits her grandmother, Hy, and great aunt, Glady Joe Cleary, in Grasse, Calif. There, Finn learns that Hy and Glady Joe are members of a group of passionate quilters, and over the course of her visit she is regaled with tales of love and life by women who have collected rich experiences and much wisdom.
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Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
Character: Reena (Age 10)
A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
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Preacher's Kid (2010)
Character: Marcia
Longing to experience more of life, twentysomething preacher's daughter Angie strikes out on her own for the very first time and joins a traveling gospel show.
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