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Saturday Night Life (2006)
Writer-director Ava DuVernay's short drama concerns a poor, struggling single mother whose trip with her three children to a 99-cent store in Los Angeles becomes an unexpectedly uplifting family experience. Melissa DeSousa ("The Best Man") stars.
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Writer-director Ava DuVernay's short drama concerns a poor, struggling single mother whose trip with her three children to a 99-cent store in Los Angeles becomes an unexpectedly uplifting family experience. Melissa DeSousa ("The Best Man") stars.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Ava DuVernay
In Theaters:6/22/2006
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Runtime:12 minutes
Studio:The DuVernay Agency
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