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© he Rinvila nò ©bseruer ---------------------- January 5, 2000 Focus Page 3 Williams and Bellows find the Courage to Love ♦ 4 V a n e ssa W illia m s (“ T he O dyssey,” “ D ance w ith M e” ), actress and Gram m y-nom inated singer, executive produces her first television film and stars in the LIFETIM E Television Original Movie Event,” “THE COURAGE TO LOVE.” Inspired by the life story o f Henriette Deli I le, the film details one w o m an ’s rebellion against tradition and her battle against racism. The LIFETIME O riginal M ovie p rem ieres on Monday, January 24 from 9-11 p.m. ET/PT. Gil Bellows (“Ally McBeal”), Diahann C arroll (“ Having Our Say” ) and Stacy Reach (“ Mike Hammer”) co-star. “The Courage to Love” depicts a tum ultous tim e in Am erican history, an era before the Civil War in New Orleans when the French outnumbered the Americans, and when free people o f color enjoyed many privileges o f white society. During a lavish gala called the "Quadroon Ball,” wealthy French and Spanish men coupled with young women from multi-racial backgrounds. Although the inter racial couples entered into a socially accepted co u rtsh ip and ra ise d fa m ilie s to g e th e r, th e y w ere forbidden to marry. Set in 19th ce n tu ry New Orleans during a period o f rel igious and political unrest, “The Courage to Love” tells the heroic life story o f H enriette D elille (V anessa Williams), a woman o f color who rejects the hypocrisy o f class, race and tradition. As racial and political tensions from the North and South infiltrate the iso la te d N ew O rlean s community, H enriette’s mother, P oup o n n e (D ia h a n n C a rro ll), worries about her daughter and warns her not to resist tradition. Pouponne urges her to participate in the “Quadroon Ball” to ensure that she w ill be p rovided for financially in the uncertain future. Instead, Henriette turns to the Church to teach and to care for the poor and needy. She becomes one o f the first women o f color to take an active part in the day-to-day ac tiv itie s; h o w ev er, she feels frustrated by the politics and racism from both the Church’s hierarchy and the wealthy patrons o f the parish. Henriette Delille is the founder ofthe Sisters o f the Holy Family, an in te rn a tio n a l o rd e r o f nuns dedicated to serving the poor and elderly. Her devotion and life’swork continues to provide inspiration. In 1989, she became the first woman STOP! GET HELP! FR E E C O U N S E L IN G ! S A VE M O N E Y ! BUY A HOME OR INVEST! Oregon • Washington • Africa A-ZEBRA Realty Inc. 5 0 3 -2 8 1 *9 9 0 0 317 NE Killingsworth St. Portland, Oregon J ’ 3 6 0 -6 9 0 -0 2 8 1 4225 NE St. James Rd. Vancouver, Washington ' George Hendrix, Broker We Represent Buyers Gil Bellow ("Ally McBeal") and Vanessa Williams ("The Odyssey, " "Soul Fbod") star in the LIFETIME Original Movie, "THE COURAGE TO LOVE, " premiering on Monday, January 24 from 9-11 PM ET/PT. Set in 19th century' pre-Civil War New Orleans. Williams stars as a woman from a privileged class who shunned tradition and battled racism and religious politics in search o f a higher love. Diahann Carroll ("Having Our Say ") and Stacy Keach ("M ike Hammer ") co-star. o f African-American descent in the United States whose cause for canonization has been officially recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. L IF E T IM E T e le v isio n is dedicated to providing the highest q u a lity e n te rta in m e n t and inform ational program m ing for women. LIFETIME is available on more than 11,000 cable systems and alternative delivery systems nationwide, serving over 75 million households. The Lifetime Movie N etw ork is a 24-hour service launched in July 1998. Leam more about both networks on the Lifetime O n lin e site at h ttp :// www.lifetimetv.com LIFETIME Television and LMN are part o f LIFETIME Entertainment Services, a 50/50 joint venture of The Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company. Fed Up With BLAND CHICKEN? ’We w teemed up wilt» Popeyes to $preod the wod about ftavor And « mean F lA V O tl Popeyes o«n M£W ORLEANS SPICY or LOUISIANA W U > chicken ts so pocked with H o w , every M e is a WITTY FOR YOUR M O U TH Tbol's every brte oi w ) way Popeyes serves d up Qucien Boies Dinners, Sandwiches WmfS end Strips. Not to mention the iBt»-te<npti ng side (fetes and (xscurts1 •Yeoir. you con COURT O R P O « Y B to deliver Berorful goodness, no matter bow you love your 1 dwekea. If you ore tired to death of that MISSION _ blond chicken those other guys serve, come on over to P O P fY B And teip us in out m toioe to SAVE T W W ORLD FROM H A R D C M K R E W * -J?edd á Z eke 15 M IX E P _ P IE £ £ S j2 L ia ? -’__ □