Personal Problems

Personal Problems

NR 1980 · 165 min · ★ 7.3 · Drama

An “experimental soap opera” centered on a Harlem nurse, her husband, her father-in-law, and her lover.

Directed by Bill Gunn · Written by Ishmael Reed

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