Watch Bellyfruit (1999) Free Online

Release Date: 1999

Cast: Michael Peña, James DuMont, Kelly Vint, Tonatzin Mondragon, T.E. Russell

Categories: Movies, Coming Of Age, Indie, Drama Film, Social Problem Film, Teen

Bellyfruit (also spelled Belly Fruit) is a 1999 film about teen pregnancy directed and co-written by Kerri Green. Bellyfruit is an adaptation of an original stage play of the same title which premiered at the Los Angeles Theatre Center on March 16, 1996. The play is a culminaton of written works and theatrical performances developed from the stories of the women from Ramona High School and the Pacoima Young Mothers writing program. Originating the roles of the teen mothers in the stage production were actresses Bonnie Dickensen, Tanya Wright, Judy Herrera, and Patrice Pitman Quinn. The... MORE

Bellyfruit (also spelled Belly Fruit) is a 1999 film about teen pregnancy directed and co-written by Kerri Green. Bellyfruit is an adaptation of an original stage play of the same title which premiered at the Los Angeles Theatre Center on March 16, 1996. The play is a culminaton of written works and theatrical performances developed from the stories of the women from Ramona High School and the Pacoima Young Mothers writing program. Originating the roles of the teen mothers in the stage production were actresses Bonnie Dickensen, Tanya Wright, Judy Herrera, and Patrice Pitman Quinn. The stage play was produced by Independent Women Artists and performed as a benefit for Gramercy Group Homes in Los Angeles. It was also directed by Kerri Green, and was written by Green, Maria Bernhard, Susannah Blinkoff, and Janet Borrus. LESS