'Woman Thou Art Loosed': best-selling novel hits silver screen as inspirational movie

Jet, Oct 25, 2004

Woman thou art loosed was a best-selling novel and top-selling stage production. That powerful story now comes to the big screen.

It centers around lead character Michelle Jordan, played by Kimberly Elise. Michelle, plagued by a childhood filled with domestic violence and sexual abuse by her mother's boyfriend, gravitates toward a world of drugs, prostitution and eventually prison in her confusion with coping with her troubled past. A visit by renowned Bishop T.D. Jakes during her jail stay transforms Michelle's life.

The poignant drama also stars Loretta Devine, Clifton Powell, Michael Boatman and Idalis Deleon.

Reuben Cannon Productions and Touchdown Productions, Inc. presents the film, which is directed by veteran filmmaker Michael Schultz.