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Laurel Avenue (1993)

Laurel Avenue poster
Directed by
Carl Franklin
Genre
drama
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 2 episodes
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An African American family in St. Paul experiences a busy weekend full of personal challenges and connections. The story follows their lives across two days as they deal with relationships and everyday struggles.

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What happens

Laurel Avenue is an American three-hour television miniseries which aired on HBO on July 10 and 11, 1993. It is the story of an eventful weekend in the lives of an extended African American family living in St. Paul, Minnesota. Paul Aaron and actor Charles S. Dutton served as executive producers. The teleplay was written by Michael Henry Brown, based upon a story by Aaron and Brown. The miniseries was directed by Carl Franklin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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