3.8“Roxanne drives her mother crazy. Maurice never speaks to his niece. Cynthia has a shock for her family. Monica can't talk to her husband. Hortense has never met her mother.”/ May 24, 1996
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.
“Roxanne drives her mother crazy. Maurice never speaks to his niece. Cynthia has a shock for her family. Monica can't talk to her husband. Hortense has never met her mother.”
Cynthia Rose Purley
Hortense Cumberbatch
Maurice Purley
Monica Purley
Curated based on cinematic style, tone, and audience acclaim
Roxanne Purley
Paul
The Social Worker
Jane
Dionne
Stuart
Hortense's Brother
Hortense's Brother
