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Money Matters (2011)

Money Matters (2011)

Drama

Family can be complicated

Release Date: 2011, November 15
Directors: Ryan Richmond
Countries: United States of America
Cast: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, James Whalen, Terri Abney

Overview:

A moving and intimate film that follows Monique "Money" Matters (Terri Abney) caught at the brink of adolescence. Her relationship with her mother Pamela Matters (Aunjanue Ellis- RAY, MEN OF HONER), is far from stable and depicts the struggle between a young mother and daughter who both come of age...together. Sharp and candid dialogue blur the roles of parent and child, revealing a family secret magnified by pain and years of regret. Money's daily routine; a three-bus commute to the Catholic school she attends, far from her dilapidated neighborhood, to another world where she feels just as uncomfortable. When she befriends a neighborhood girl who seems to understand her, their friendship develops in ways that push boundaries.