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Samuel L. Jackson produces and stars in a gothic tale of infidelity and voodoo in the Louisiana bayous, but graciously hands the story to the the film's lesser known actresses, including Debbi Morgan as a clairvoyant haunted by her powers and Jurnee Smollett as his precocious daughter. Director and writer Kasi Lemmons, herself an actress, demonstrates a distinct maturity in this dark, hypnotic tale...
...women in his family. His wife Roz (Lynn Whitfield), fearful of her husband's infidelity, holds the Batiste family under a tight watch. She overpowers her daughters, Cisely (Meagan Good) and Eve (Jurnee Smollett), although the strength of her convictions may not be entirely rational. His sister Mozelle (Debbi Morgan), the emotional center of the family, is a healer of a different sort. While Louis safely inhabits the bounds of modern society, Mozelle is a clairvoyant who secretly tends to others through voodoo. She can sense others' secrets through mere touch, and her visions provide what little truth the family...
...film ultimately belongs to Debbi Morgan's clairvoyant Mozelle. Her struggles against her mystic powers and those of her rival Elzora (Diahann Carroll) confirm her worst fear, that her past memories confirm her destiny. She is the film's tragic heroine, convinced after the death of her three husbands that she is cursed...
...hero." Eve and her sister Cisely (Meagan Good), 14, need him to be one too, and when he proves a sinner, they are devastated. His crime may have been that he didn't dance with Eve or that he danced too close to Cisely. But since Aunt Mozelle (Debbi Morgan) tells fortunes, and lives out bad ones, Eve is a voodoo priestess once removed. Her curse on her daddy could be fatal...
...Debbi S. Talshir of Bourne spoke in favor of the petition, saying she has been treating her multiple sclerosis for 10 years by smoking cannabis. "The marijuana I smoke...has enabled me to go on and do things I want to do," she told the council. "I think it's disgusting that people don't listen, because it's very sad. Marijuana helps a lot of people therapeutically...