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Lem Van Adams

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Lem Van Adams is a fictional character from the Showtime television series Soul Food. The character first appeared in the 1997 film Soul Food as Lem Harris, and was portrayed by Mekhi Phifer. In the television series, the surname was changed to Van Adams, the role was assumed by Darrin Dewitt Henson.

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Mekhi Phifer
Mekhi Phifer
(1 films)
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Filmography of Lem Van Adams (1 films)

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Soul Food
Soul Food (1997)
, 1h55
Directed by George Tillman Jr., George Tillman, Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Cooking films
Actors Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Vanessa Williams, Michael Beach, Nia Long, Mekhi Phifer
Rating69% 3.4964453.4964453.4964453.4964453.496445
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. Mother (Big Mama) Joe (Hall) has three daughters, who each have had varying success in life: oldest daughter Teri (Williams) has become a successful lawyer, but has a strained relationship with younger sister Maxine (Fox) who stole and eventually married Teri's former boyfriend, Kenny (Sams). Teri is currently married to Miles (Beach), a lawyer who quit his job to pursue his dream of being an R&B musician, which Teri doesn't support. Youngest daughter Robin (Long)—nicknamed "Bird"—has just opened a barbershop/beauty parlor, and is married to Lem (Phifer), an ex-convict.