Movie: Saturday Night Life

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Donielle Artese
Donielle Artese

Madeline Lacy

James Black
James Black

The Admirer

Melissa De Sousa
Melissa De Sousa

Darlene Maye

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    Writer-director Ava DuVernay's short drama concerns a poor, struggling single mother whose trip with her three children to a 99-cent store in Los Angeles becomes an unexpectedly uplifting family experience. Melissa DeSousa ("The Best Man") stars.

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    2006-06-22

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