The directorial debut of former Tyler Perry Studios, Executive Vice President Roger Bobb, Raising Izzie is slated for release on DVD later this summer.
Based on the grand-prize winning script of the 1st annual GMC Faith & Family Screenplay Competition in 2011, Bobb’s film centers on a family who is trying to cope when their mother passes away leaving them without an adult guardian, Sisters Izzie (Kyla Kenedy) and Gertie Nash (Victoria Staley) are forced to grow up fast. Afraid her daughters will be separated if they are placed in the foster care system, their mother makes the necessary arrangements for Gertie and Izzie to live on their own, with a bank account, apartment and small on-line business to support themselves.
Older sister Gertie takes care of her little sister in addition to working and attending school. For a year, the girls are able to hide their predicament from their neighbors, their landlord and even their teachers. But when Tonya Freeman (Vanessa Williams), Gertie’s new teacher, becomes suspicious, the girls have to come up with a new plan to protect their secret. After Tonya confronts the girls and they confess to their situation, Tonya has to decide how to protect them and keep them together against the will of her husband Greg (Rockmond Dunbar).
Bobb, who also produced the work, and whose past credits include directing several episodes of Tyler Perry TV shows, directed from a script penned by David Martyn Conley. The film’s starring cast includes Williams (of Soul Food fame, not the former Ms America), Dunbar, Kyla Kenedy and Victoria Staley.
Raising Izzie comes out on DVD on August 6, 2013.
Check out the trailer from the upcoming DVD below:
i will definitely get the DVD, but there’s something about watching a movie on the BIG screen.