Section 8(2006)
The award winning producers of the award winning, cult classic film, RETIRING TATIANA are back with this highly experimental screen adaptation of Anthony Lovell Winters' hilarious hit play, "Section 8". Proverbial skeletons are dragged from the family closet when deadbeat dad (Tony Winters) and his college bound son (Akeem Smith) are forced under the same roof of the fathers shabby, low income apartment. The laughter soon gives way to tears as schemes are hatched, aliances tested and long held secrets revealed.
Movie: Section 8
Top 7 Billed Cast
Joe (as Anthony Winters)
Andre
Simone
Cali
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The award winning producers of the award winning, cult classic film, RETIRING TATIANA are back with this highly experimental screen adaptation of Anthony Lovell Winters' hilarious hit play, "Section 8". Proverbial skeletons are dragged from the family closet when deadbeat dad (Tony Winters) and his college bound son (Akeem Smith) are forced under the same roof of the fathers shabby, low income apartment. The laughter soon gives way to tears as schemes are hatched, aliances tested and long held secrets revealed.
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2006-02-10
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