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Dirty Laundry is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 15 july 2006 with Rockmond Dunbar
Dirty Laundry (2006)
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Add to a movie listDirty Laundry is a 2006 drama film written, directed, and starring Maurice Jamal. It was produced by 20th Century Fox and distributed by Codeblack Entertainment. It is available on DVD and is rated PG-13.
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After ten years, Sheldon returns from New York City to Paris, Georgia. His mother is Evelyn, a laundress who is stubborn, ornery, opinionated, mean-spirited, insulting, and inflexible. Evelyn sends a ten-year-old boy claiming to be Sheldon's son to see Sheldon. Sheldon comes home to resolve the matter. Old arguments reignite between himself, his mother, his sister, and his brother.Actors
Rockmond Dunbar
(Patrick / Sheldon)
Jenifer Lewis
(Aunt Lettuce)
Loretta Devine
(Evelyn)
Terri J. Vaughn
(Jackie)
Sommore
(Abby)
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