In this Nollywood folk horror family melodrama, Jennifer, an ogbanje (evil spirit child), passes for human.
The Long Walk Home + Living Single
Alexander plays the daughter of a housekeeper who forms a deep bond with her employer as they fight for civil rights in The Long Walk Home, and looks ahead after sleeping with a friend in Living Single.
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The Long Walk Home (1990)
Dir. Richard Pearce
97min, DCP
With Sissy Spacek, Whoopi Goldberg, Dwight Schultz, Erika Alexander
Academy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg is Odessa Cotter, a quietly dignified woman who works as a housekeeper for Miriam Thompson (Academy Award winner Sissy Spacek). When Odessa honors the 1955 Montgomery, AL, bus boycott by walking an exhausting nine miles to and from work, Miriam offers her a ride. Defying both Miriam's racist husband (Dwight Schultz) and the powerful White Citizens Council, Miriam and Odessa put their lives in danger for civil rights. Their shared experiences draw them closer as a deep respect and lasting friendship forms. In a difficult world of black versus white, they manage to find common ground together.
Q&A with Erika Alexander following The Long Walk Home, moderated by playwright Lynn Nottage.
Living Single, Season 2, Episode 1: “There’s Got to Be a Morning After” (1994)
Dir. Ellen Gittelsohn
22min
With Queen Latifah, Kim Coles, Kim Fields, Erika Alexander, T.C. Carson, John Henton
Aired on Fox TV from 1993 to 1998, Living Single focused on the lives of six young, single professionals in Prospect Heights. In “There’s Got to Be a Morning After,” Maxine (Erika Alexander) and Kyle (T.C. Carson) look ahead after spending a night together, and Scooter (Kress Williams) tries to get a job at a record company to get closer to Khadijah (Queen Latifah).
Erika Alexander will provide live commentary during the episode.
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