Local film, A Cross to Bear, premiering on Feb. 18th on GMC-TV | Arts & Culture

Atlanta - Award-winning actor and director Kim Fields leads a great cast in the new inspirational drama, A Cross To Bear, about a "young girl's long road to redemption."  Kim Fields is joined by Mailinda Williams, Jackie Long, Angie Stone, Kenny Lattimore and more.  

Atlanta has many ties into this film including the fact that A Cross To Bear is a Nina Holiday Production which is the brainchild of Atlanta residents Terri Vaughn (also proprietor of the Green Room in Buckhead) and Cas Sigers.  The 2 founded their company in 2005 and continue to produce a variety of different projects.

The film premiers on GMC- TV, Saturday, February 18th at 7, 9, and 11pm. you can visit their Facebook page for an exclusive LIVE CHAT with cast and crew during the 7 and 9pm showings. facebook.com/gmctv

Based on an original screenplay written by Cas Sigers Beedles and Terri J. Vaughn, A Cross to Bear tells the unflinching and inspiring story of Erica (newcomer Danielle Deadwyler), a would-be dancer with no family connections who finds herself fighting alcoholism and living on the streets with her newborn child after being left by her boyfriend.

One ill-fated night, a tragic event shatters Erica's life. Traumatized and at rock bottom, she finds refuge at the home of Joan (award-winning veteran actress and director Kim Fields) – a former nurse who has dedicated her life to helping women like Erica, Tina (Tamika Tanner) and Fae [NAACP Image Award© nominee Malinda Williams (Idlewild, “Soul Food”)].

Erica struggles to forge a new path for herself. As the cause of her personal hell is revealed, slowly, with the help of Joan’s unique brand of tough love, the friendship of Tina, a former crack baby, and the guidance of other women who have found new beginnings at Joan’s House, Erica finds the will to live and learns the redemptive power of forgiveness.

A Cross to Bear also stars Jackie Long (Soul Men, “Love that Girl!”), and features appearances by Angie Stone (The Fighting Temptations, “Lincoln Heights”), Kenny Lattimore (“The Young and the Restless”), and LeCrae Moore and Karon Riley (“35 and Ticking”). The film is produced by Sigers Beedles, Terri J. Vaughn (“Meet the Browns,” “The Steve Harvey Show”) and Tandria Potts (“As Written: Chrisette Michele”), with Shandra McDonald-Bradford co-producing. Tandria Potts also directs the film.