Watch Soul Food Videos

Release Date: 1997

Cast: Irma P. Hall, Nia Long, Brandon Hammond, Jeffrey D. Sams, Tamara Braun, Vanessa L. Williams, Kenneth Edmonds, Kevon Edmonds, Mekhi Phifer, Vivica A. Fox, Gina Ravera, Michael Beach ...MORE

Cast: Irma P. Hall, Nia Long, Brandon Hammond, Jeffrey D. Sams, Tamara Braun, Vanessa L. Williams, Kenneth Edmonds, Kevon Edmonds, Mekhi Phifer, Vivica A. Fox, Gina Ravera, Michael Beach, Malik Yoba ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Domestic Comedy, Drama Film, Ensemble Film, Family Drama, Comedy-Drama

Soul Food is a 1997 American comedy-drama film, produced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Tracey Edmonds, and Robert Teitel, and released by Fox 2000 Pictures. Featuring an ensemble cast, the film stars Vanessa L. Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Michael Beach, Mekhi Phifer, Jeffrey D. Sams, Irma P. Hall, Gina Ravera, and Brandon Hammond. Written and directed by George Tillman, Jr. (in his major studio debut), the film centers on the trials of an extended African-American family, held together by longstanding family traditions which begin to fade as serious problems take center stage.... MORE

Soul Food is a 1997 American comedy-drama film, produced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Tracey Edmonds, and Robert Teitel, and released by Fox 2000 Pictures. Featuring an ensemble cast, the film stars Vanessa L. Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Michael Beach, Mekhi Phifer, Jeffrey D. Sams, Irma P. Hall, Gina Ravera, and Brandon Hammond. Written and directed by George Tillman, Jr. (in his major studio debut), the film centers on the trials of an extended African-American family, held together by longstanding family traditions which begin to fade as serious problems take center stage. Tillman based the family in the film on his own, and Soul Food was widely acclaimed for presenting a more positive image of African-Americans than is typically seen in Hollywood films. In 2000, Showtime premiered a one-hour television series based upon the film. Soul Food is told through the eyes of 11-year-old Ahmad (Hammond), follows the trials of the Joseph family, a close-knit Chicago family that gets together to have Sunday dinner every week, with plenty of soul food to go around. As Mother (Big Mama) Joe (Hall) has three daughters, who each have had varying success in life: oldest daughter Teri LESS