Watching Movies With Jacqueline Charles: "Soul Food" (1997)

5030 Brunson Drive,Coral Gables FL 33146

19 March, 2022

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Join Miami Herald reporter Jacqueline Charles and Cosford Cinema manager Rene Rodriguez for a screening and discussion of SOUL FOOD (1997). Join Miami Herald staff writer Jacqueline Charles and Cosford Cinema manager Rene Rodriguez for a screening and discussion of George Tillman Jr.’s SOUL FOOD (1997). JACQUELINE CHARLES has reported on Haiti and the English-speaking Caribbean for the Miami Herald for over a decade. A Pulitzer Prize finalist for her coverage of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, she was awarded a 2018 Maria Moors Cabot Prize — the most prestigious award for coverage of the Americas. SOUL FOOD | DIRECTED BY: George Tillman Jr | USA | 1997 | 1H 55M | RATED R Twenty-eight-year-old writer-director George Tillman Jr. drew autobiographical inspiration from his upbringing in Milwaukee, and on a well-spent $6.5 million budget he succeeded where similar films (including Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back) fell short: He depicts his many characters with such depth and sympathy that, by the time they have weathered several family crises, we’ve come to care and feel for them and the powerful ties that bind them together. As seen through the eyes of Tillman’s young alter ego Ahmad (Brandon Hammond), the film primarily focuses on the rivalries and affections that rise and fall among Ahmad’s mother (Vivica A. Fox) and her two sisters (Vanessa L. Williams, Nia Long). Through them, and through the weekly Sunday dinners cooked with love by their mother, Big Mama (Irma P. Hall), we witness marital bliss and distress, infidelity, success, failure… in short, the spices of life both bitter and sweet. But when Big Mama falls into a diabetic coma, Ahmad watches as his family begins to fall apart without the stability and love that Big Mama provided with every Sunday meal. Things You Should Know: Our first priority is the safety of our guests and staff. For this reason, masks are required inside the Bill Cosford Cinema at all times, regardless of vaccination status. PLEASE NOTE: • Food and drinks are prohibited inside the theater. Ticketing: • Contactless ticket scanning. • To enter the cinema, please show the QR code on your Mobile device or on a print-out. • Your full name must match the name on the ticket. • Community guests must complete the CDC symptom checker and display an "Ok to Proceed" result with their ticket at the door. • Guests that have travelled internationally within the past 48 hours are required to provide a negative COVID test result in addition to the CDC symptom checker. We encourage you to take all the necessary precautions to protect yourself and others by following all health and safety guidelines. Please stay home if you are feeling sick or experiencing any of the following symptoms: sore throat, fever, chills, cough, difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, muscle aches, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, nasal congestion. We appreciate your support! The Bill Cosford Cinema is a single-screen, art-house cinema serving the University of Miami, Coral Gables, and greater Miami for more than 60 years. The venue houses a 70 square-foot screen and exhibits 35mm as well as a variety of high definition digital formats. As a non-profit art house theater, the Cosford is dedicated to distinguished film programming and supplemental, educational opportunities ranging from special lecture series, guest scholars, international film festivals, and engagements with acclaimed filmmakers including Chantal Akerman, Jon Landis, Andy Garcia, and Kevin Spacey among many more.