"Blues for Willadean" is not yet rated by the Motion Picture
Association of America, but is suitable for a PG-13 audience, reports distributor
Hannover House. The running time is 113
minutes and the film features a widescreen aspect ratio (1:1.85) and Dolby
stereo. The award-winning film, based on the NCAAP Image-Awards Winning Stage-play,
will be available through Internet sellers on Feb. 4, and to Walmart Stores and
other key retailers nationwide on Feb. 18.
SYNOPSIS: From acclaimed director Del Shores,
"Blues for Willadean" explores the hidden emotions, shame, and
secrecy of battered women, while also offering hope, healing and truth. Willadean Winkler (Beth Grant), the wife of a blue collar truck driver (David Steen), does her best to manage
and survive in the abusive prison her husband has built for her. With the help
of her best friend, LaSonia (Octavia
Spencer), who lives in the trailer next door and the musical encouragement
of a mystical Blues Singer (Debby
Holiday), Willadean fights to break the tragic cycle.
Director Del
Shores has a notable film and television resume, including six acclaimed feature
films and over seventy-five episodic television credits, including "Dharma
& Greg", "Queer As Folk" and his own original series,
"Sordid Lives." His stage-play
and production of "The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash
Housewife" won multiple theatrical awards, including Best Production for the Los Angeles Critics Circle Awards and
two NCAAP Image Awards. The play served as the creative catalyst and source
material for the feature film production of "Blues for Willadean."
Hannover House is a 20-year-old publishing company and entertainment
distributor of independent films, with an active home video label and new
activities underway for the production of high-end theatrical films. The company is headquartered in Northwest
Arkansas, near the world headquarters of Walmart Stores, Inc., the largest retailer of DVDs and Blu-Ray products
for all of the major film studios. Other
key retail accounts
for Hannover House include Redbox, Netflix, Barnes & Noble and thousands of
independent video retailers, schools, libraries and booksellers. The company also sells entertainment products
to a wide range of internet sites, and services most major video-on-demand
portals. For more information on Hannover House, or to see
corporate filings or financials, go to:
www.OTCMarkets.com, and search under stock symbol HHSE.
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