Blues for Willadean

2012 American film

Emerson Collins
Beth Grant
Robert L. Rearden III
Robert L. Rearden Jr.
Del Shores

Starring

Beth Grant
Octavia Spencer

CinematographyDavid SandersonEdited byLuis ColinaMusic byJoe Patrick Ward

Production
companies

Del Shores Productions
Big Leap Productions

Distributed byKestrel Films

Release date

October 2012 (2012-10)

CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Blues for Willadean is a 2012 American drama film written and directed by Del Shores and starring Beth Grant and Octavia Spencer.^[1]^[2] It is based on Shores’ 2003 play The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife.^[1]^[3]

Plot

The story is about Willadean, a woman who explores the shame, emotions and privacy of battered women. A film mixed with drama, humor, pain but which offers just hope to abused women. Willadean, wife of a truck driver, tries to escape from the small prison she built thanks to a friend and friend LaSonia who is always close to her and is a blues singer and encourages her with music.

Cast

Beth Grant as Willadean Winkler
Octavia Spencer as LaSonia Robinson
Dale Dickey as Rayleen Hobbs
David Steen as J.D. Winkler
Debby Holiday as Blues Singer
Louise Beard as Mrs. Garrison

Production

The film was shot in Atlanta.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Scheck, Frank (6 October 2012). "Blues for Willadean: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
^ Harvey, Dennis (4 October 2012). "Blues for Willadean". Variety. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
^ ^a ^b Obenson, Tambay A. (2 October 2012). "Award-Winning Drama 'Blues for Willadean' (Octavia Spencer Co-Stars) Opens In LA This Friday". IndieWire. Retrieved 24 December 2017.