Compensation
Jun 14 1999
•2h 32m
•Drama, History, Romance
The life of a deaf African American woman in the early 1900s parallels with another living in the 1990s.
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John Earl Jelks
Arthur/Nico Jones
Michelle A. Banks
Malindy/Malaika Brown
Nirvana Cobb
Tildy Evans
Kevin L. Davis
Tyrone
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