ATLANTA—UP presents the original movie “My Other Mother,” an emotional, heartwarming drama about a demanding national TV news anchor who reconnects with her equally-demanding birth mother. Starring Essence Atkins (“Haunted House 2,” “Half & Half”), Lynn Whitfield (“The Josephine Baker Story,” UP’s The Dempsey Sisters and “Somebody’s Child”) and Jasmine Guy (“The Vampire Diaries,” “A Different World”), “My Other Mother“ will make its world television premiere on UP on Sunday, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m.
Produced by Swirl Films, the “My Other Mother” is directed by Stan Foster (Peacher’s Kid, “Tour of Duty”). The ensemble cast also includes GregAlan Williams (UP’s Marry Me For Christmas and Somebody’s Child, “Necessary Roughness”), Angie Stone (UP’s Where’s The Love?, “The Rickey Smiley Show”) and Kendrick Cross (Iron Man 3, “The Game”).
My Other Mother marks the fifth film to be produced and air on UP as a direct result of the network’s highly successful “UP Faith & Family Screenplay Competition,” now in its fourth year. The script is by Keronda “KiKi” McKnight, the Winner in last year’s UP Faith & Family Screenplay Competition at the American Black Film Festival.
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