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Article: Vanessa L. Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long and Irma P. Hall star in movie 'Soul Food.'(Cover Story)

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September 29, 1997
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Vanessa L. Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long and Irma P. Hall lead an all-star cast in the movie Soul Food, which celebrates family and shows that soul food not only has to do with what's on the plate, but what's in the heart.

Williams, Fox and Long are sisters, and Hall plays their mother in the heartfelt family movie which demonstrates the importance of family and its survival through tragedy.

Hall is Mother Joe, the matriarch of the Joseph family. She is the glue that holds everything together. It's at her home where her daughters and their families gather every week for the traditional Sunday dinner. The women prepare delicious soul-food dishes ...

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