{"id":63895,"date":"2012-09-07T13:25:50","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T13:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2012\/09\/07\/check-out-octavia-spencer-in-blues-for-willadean-trailer\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T10:31:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T10:31:20","slug":"check-out-octavia-spencer-in-blues-for-willadean-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/check-out-octavia-spencer-in-blues-for-willadean-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out Octavia Spencer in Blues for Willadean trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Check out Octavia Spencer in Blues for Willadean trailer<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

September 7, 2012<\/p>\n

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The trailer for Blues for Willadean<\/strong>, starring Academy Award Winner Octavia Spencer<\/strong> (The Help) and Beth Grant<\/strong> (The Artist) has been posted online. The film also stars Dale Dickey<\/strong> and David Steen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Written and directed by Del Shores<\/strong>, Blues for Willadean is the screen adaptation of his popular play, Trials and Tribulations of A Trailer Trash Housewife<\/strong> about Willadean (Beth Grant), a woman trying to find her place in life. Her husband (David Steen) is physically and mentally abusive and has banned Willadean from having contact with their homosexual son, which eventually leads Willadean down her path of discovery. Supporting her along the way is her best friend, LaSonia (Octavia Spencer), her sole confidant and someone who has seen her fair share of the world and knows exactly what Willadean is going through.<\/p>\n

All of the actors are reprising their roles from the stage production.<\/p>\n

Blues for Willadean<\/strong> is darkly comic and entertaining drama about a woman\u2019s journey into her own self-discovery, brought to you by the master of Southern culture, Del Shores.<\/p>\n

The film will be in theaters and on VOD in October.<\/p>\n

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