Overview
In New Orleans in 1899, Marie Christine, a racially mixed woman, is in prison without a trial to face death. The prisoners ask her to tell her story. Three of the prisoners, acting as a Greek chorus, follow her as she tells of her mother, also named Marie Christine, who was a practitioner of voodoo magic and used it to help people who believed in the craft. Her mother warned her that although they know magic, they are still human and can make great mistakes.
Director and cast
- Audra McDonald as Marie Christine L'Adrese
- Sherry Boone as Marie Christine L'Adrese (Alternate)
- Anthony Crivello as Dante Keyes
- Darius De Haas as Paris L'Adrese
- Keith Lee Grant as Jean L'Adrese
- Vivian Reed as Marie Christine's Mother
- Jennifer Leigh Warren as Prisoner #1
- Andrea Frierson as Prisoner #2
- Mary Bond Davis as Prisoner #3
- Kimberly JaJuan as Lisette
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