It was Bill Cosby who first told Tyler Perry many years ago that he should pay attention to then child actor Jurnee Smollett.
While filming a pivotal scene between Judith and Brice, Lance Gross slammed the door of the truck so hard the window shattered.
This is the second time Ella Joyce has played Jurnee Smollett's mother. The first was the 1999 television movie Selma, Lord, Selma (1999), also filmed in Atlanta.