Is Soul Food based on a true story?
Is Soul Food based on a true story? George Tillman Jr. Tillman based the family in the film on his own and Soul Food was widely acclaimed for presenting a more positive image of African-Americans than is typically seen in Hollywood films.
George Tillman Jr. Tillman based the family in the film on his own and Soul Food was widely acclaimed for presenting a more positive image of African-Americans than is typically seen in Hollywood films.
What is the movie Soul Food about?
When Ahmad Simmons’ (Brandon Hammond) diabetic grandmother, Josephine “Big Mama” Joseph (Irma P. Hall), falls into a coma during an operation to amputate her leg, it throws the Joseph family into chaos. Ahmad watches as his mother, Maxine (Vivica A. Fox), and aunts Teri (Vanessa L. Williams) and Tracy (Nia Long) struggle to adjust to the family matriarch’s sudden absence, fall into old rivalries, share memories, and work to maintain the long-standing tradition of Sunday family dinners.
Soul Food / Film synopsis
How did the movie Soul Food end?
Mama Joe dies and Terri decides to sell Mama Joe’s house against the wishes of her family. In order to reunite the family Ahmed lures the family back to Mama Joe’s for a Sunday dinner.
Where was Soul Food movie filmed?
Filming was done around Chicago, in locations ranging from the Green Mill to the exterior of an Oak Park home to a luxe condo in Lincoln Park. But for the dinner scenes, Tillman reconstructed the interior of the Oak Park home in a grungy warehouse in Chicago’s Goose Island.
