Blues for Willadean

Blues for Willadean is a 2012 American drama film written and directed by Del Shores and starring Beth Grant and Octavia Spencer. It is based on Shores’ 2003 play The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife.

Plot
The story is about Willadean, a woman who explores the shame, emotions and privacy of battered women. A film mixed with drama, humor, pain but which offers just hope to abused women. Willadean, wife of a truck driver, tries to escape from the small prison she built thanks to a friend and friend LaSonia who is always close to her and is a blues singer and encourages her with music.

Cast

 * Beth Grant as Willadean Winkler
 * Octavia Spencer as LaSonia Robinson
 * Dale Dickey as Rayleen Hobbs
 * David Steen as J.D. Winkler
 * Debby Holiday as Blues Singer
 * Louise Beard as Mrs. Garrison

Production
The film was shot in Atlanta.