2021

1h 25m

6.9(5 votes)

Drama

TV Movie

Overview

An African American widow with two kids who has so much love to give, she often fosters children who need a home. She finds out that Peter and Rachel, the white siblings she fostered twice before, fled from their latest foster home.

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Cast & crew

3 featured cast members

Starring

Deborah Joy Winans

Monica Henderson

Michael Brown

Theo

Sarah Abbott

Rachel

Creative team

Directed by: Don McBrearty
Written by: Tamara LaSeon Bass

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