{"id":82538,"date":"2018-03-16T12:27:55","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T12:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2018\/03\/16\/poster-to-indie-comedy-furlough-starring-tessa-thompson-melissa-leo-whoopi-goldberg\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T01:50:27","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T01:50:27","slug":"poster-to-indie-comedy-furlough-starring-tessa-thompson-melissa-leo-whoopi-goldberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/poster-to-indie-comedy-furlough-starring-tessa-thompson-melissa-leo-whoopi-goldberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Poster To Indie Comedy ‘Furlough,’ Starring Tessa Thompson, Melissa Leo &\u00a0Whoopi Goldberg"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poster To Indie Comedy ‘Furlough,’ Starring Tessa Thompson, Melissa Leo &\u00a0Whoopi Goldberg<\/b><\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

March 16, 2018<\/p>\n

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IFC Films has released the poster to Furlough<\/strong>, starring Tessa Thompson, Melissa Leo, Whoopi Goldberg, Anna Pauqin, Edgar Ramirez,<\/strong> and La La Anthony<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Directed by Laurie Collyer<\/strong> from a script written by Barry Strugatz<\/strong>, the film will open Friday, March 16th in theaters and on VOD.<\/p>\n

Tessa Thompson, Academy Award winner Melissa Leo, and Whoopi Goldberg lead a dynamite ensemble cast in this alternately rollicking and poignant comedy from director Laurie Collyer (the acclaimed Sherrybaby). In between caring for her mother (Goldberg), a young woman (Thompson) works part time at a prison. The rookie guard gets a chance to prove her mettle when she’s tasked with accompanying a hell-raising inmate (Leo) on an emergency furlough to visit her dying mother. But things soon spiral out of control, sending the pair on a hilarious, surprising, and ultimately touching road trip.<\/p>\n

In 2010, Goldberg and Thompson played mother and daughter in Tyler Perry<\/strong>\u2018s adaptation of\u00a0Ntozake Shange<\/strong>\u2018s 1975 original choreopoem For Colored Girls.<\/strong><\/p>\n