On Sunday a remake of the film Steel Magnolias premieres on the Lifetime network, starring an all-black cast featuring Queen Latifah, Alfre Woodard, Phylicia Rashad, Jill Scott, Adepero Oduye and Condola Rashad. The original 1989 movie was about the lives of a group of Southern women portrayed by Shirley MacLaine, Sally Field, Olympia Dukakis, Dolly Parton, Daryl Hannah and Julia Roberts (whose performance was nominated for an Oscar). Set in a small Louisiana town, the interwoven stories of love and loss inevitably test and strengthen their bonds. The Steel Magnolias redux made us wonder here atThe Root about other film remakes that have bet on black.
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