Dirty Laundry (film)
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Dirty Laundry is a 2007
2007 in film
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 drama film
Drama film
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 written, directed, and starring Maurice Jamal. It was produced by 20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...

 and distributed by Codeblack Entertainment
CodeBlack Entertainment
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. It is available on DVD
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 and is rated PG-13.

Plot summary

After ten years, Sheldon returns from New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 to Paris, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

. His mother is Evelyn, a laundress who is stubborn, ornery, opinionated, mean-spirited, insulting, and inflexible. Evelyn sends a ten-year-old boy claiming to be Sheldon's son to see Sheldon. Sheldon comes home to resolve the matter. Old arguments reignite between himself, his mother, his sister, and his brother.

Sheldon disputes that the boy is his son. He does not want to be a part of fatherhood or family. Then, a white man from New York arrives at Evelyn's door, claiming to be Sheldon's partner

Cast

  • Rockmond Dunbar
    Rockmond Dunbar
    Rockmond Dunbar is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Kenny Chadway on the Showtime television drama series Soul Food, and as Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin on the FOX television drama series Prison Break...

     as Sheldon
  • Loretta Devine
    Loretta Devine
    Loretta Devine is an American stage, film and television actress known for her roles on Boston Public, Grey's Anatomy, and Eli Stone. She also provided her voice for the stop motion animated television series The PJs. Devine is a NAACP Image Award and Emmy award winning actress.-Early life:Devine...

     as Evelyn
  • Jenifer Lewis
    Jenifer Lewis
    Jenifer Jeanette Lewis is an American film and television actress and singer.-Early life:Lewis was born in Kinloch, Missouri, to a nurse's aid mother and a factory worker father. She attended college at Webster University in Webster Groves, Missouri...

     as Aunt Lettuce
  • Terri J. Vaughn
    Terri J. Vaughn
    Terri J. Vaughn is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her role as high school secretary Lovita Alizé Jenkins-Robinson on the WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show. Vaughn also portrayed first-grade teacher Jonelle Abrahams on the UPN/CW sitcom All of Us...

     as Jackie
  • Maurice Jamal as Eugene
  • Sommore
    Sommore
    Sommore is an actress and comedienne from Trenton, New Jersey. She is the half sister of actress Nia Long....

     as Abby
  • Joey Costello as Ryan
  • Aaron Grady Shaw as Gabriel
  • Rainey Mathews as Pudge
  • Bobby Jones
    Bobby Jones (singer)
    Bobby Jones is a Grammy Award–winning Gospel music singer and television host from Nashville, Tennessee and the host and executive producer of several cable television's gospel music program including Bobby Jones Gospel.-Career:Jones has produced programs for BET since 1980...

     as Pastor James
  • Gregory Alan Williams
    Gregory Alan Williams
    Gregory Alan Williams is an American actor and author. Williams is best known for portraying Garner Ellerbee in the syndicated series Baywatch.-Early life and acting career:...

     as Percy
  • Alec Mapa
    Alec Mapa
    -Personal life:Mapa, a Filipino American, was born in San Francisco and attended George Washington High School . Mapa is openly gay and lends his support to various projects supporting the gay, lesbian, and Asian American communities...

     as Daniel
  • Veronica Webb
    Veronica Webb
    Veronica Webb is an American model, actress, writer, journalist and television personality. Webb was the first African-American to have a major cosmetics contract...

     as Susan
  • Erica Watson as Clarine
  • Tony Vaughn as Auntie's Husband
  • Chad Hawkins as Auntie's Rapping Son
  • Dottie Peoples
    Dottie Peoples
    Dottie Peoples is an American gospel singer.Born Dorthy Peoples in Dayton, Ohio, Peoples began singing at an early age. After completing high school, she toured with gospel pioneer Dorothy Norwood, a member of The Caravans...

     as Sister in Congregation
  • Austin Whittaker as Young Sheldon
  • Markelle Gay as Young Eugene
  • Renee White Davis as Willa
  • Tanya Shields as Bertie Mae
  • Denita Isler as Norma Jean
  • Clay Drinko as Bradley
  • La Rivers as Tanya Elise
  • Nathan Hale
    Nathan Hale
    Nathan Hale was a soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission in New York City but was captured by the British...

     as Peanut
  • Kate Secor as Liz
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