The Wedding (1998)
3h
Running Time
February 22, 1998Release Date
Plot.
Shelby Coles (Halle Berry) is engaged to marry talented white jazz musician Meade Howell, but the pair face opposition from both Meade's family, who object to an inter-racial marriage, and Shelby's parents, who want her to marry a professional. As Shelby is afflicted by pre-marital doubts, handsome Lute McNeil arrives on the scene, determined to make Shelby his at any cost.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Halle Berry
Shelby Coles
Eric Thal
Meade Howell
Lynn Whitfield
Corinne Coles
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Ellen Coles
Carl Lumbly
Lute McNeil
Charles Burnett
Director
Cynda Williams
Liz Odis
Peter Francis James
Isaac Coles
Dorothy West
Writer
Michael Warren
Clark Coles
Lisa Jones
Writer
Shirley Knight
Gram (Miss Caroline)
Doro Bachrach
Producer
Ronn Carroll
Dr. Havermeyer
Stephen James Taylor
Composer
Richard Brooks
Lincoln Odis
Details.
Wiki.
The Wedding is a 1998 television film directed by Charles Burnett. Based on the 1995 novel by Dorothy West and written for television by West and Lisa Jones, it stars Halle Berry, Eric Thal, and Lynn Whitfield, and was produced by Oprah Winfrey's production company, Harpo Productions. The story touches on the subjects of marriage, race, prejudice, class, and family in 1950s Martha's Vineyard.
The film aired on ABC on February 22 and February 23, 1998.