Dirty Laundry

Story

Synopsis

After ten years, Sheldon returns from New York City to Paris, Georgia. His mother Evelyn, a laundress who is stubborn, ornery, opinionated, mean-spirited, insulting, and inflexible, has sent a ten-year-old boy who says he's Sheldon's son up to see Sheldon. Sheldon comes home to straighten things out. Old arguments flare up - between mother and son and between brothers. Sheldon wants no part of fatherhood or family. Then, someone else from New York shows up at Evelyn's door, bringing a new set of challenges. Will this family ever stop airing its dirty laundry? And what of Sheldon: where is his pride? Can he, in the words of James Baldwin, go where his blood beats and live the life he has?

Director

Maurice Jamal

Writers

Maurice Jamal

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

15 July 2006

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Rockmond Dunbar

  Patrick / Sheldon

• 

  Loretta Devine

  Evelyn

• 

  Jenifer Lewis

  Aunt Lettuce

• 

  Terri J. Vaughn

  Jackie

• Maurice Jamal

  Eugene

• 

  Sommore

  Abby

• 

  Aaron Grady Shaw

  Gabriel

• Rainey Matthews

  Pudge

• 

  Bobby 'Slim' Jones

  Pastor James

• 

  Gregory Alan Williams

  Percy

• 

  Alec Mapa

  Daniel

• 

  Veronica Webb

  Susan