So I want to start off today with something good. I want to give a spotlight to what was probably my favorite movie or at least one of them as a kid......POLLY. This was a Disney TV movie made in 1989 and starred Keshia Knight Pulliam (Rudy of The Cosby Show), Brandon Adams (90's Childstar, he was in The Sandlot!!!), Phylicia Rashad (The Cosby Show and the first African American Woman to a Tony for best performance by a leading actress in a play for her work in A Raisin in the Sun), Vanessa Bell Calloway (She was Akeem's first bride in Coming to America. The one that barked. lol), and to top it off it was directed by Debbie Allen who happens to be an actress, dancer, choreographer, and Phylicia Rashad's sister.
What I didn't realize when I was a kid was how special this movie is. It is very rare to see an African American TV movie musical......and a good one that has amazing DANCING!!! Before there was high school musical, there was Polly. The DVD is available, but it is rare so a copy will cost. I'm still searching for my tape. I know I have a VCR tape of this somewhere. I know VCR...for those who may not know that is the tool that was used before Blu-ray and DVD to watch a movie. lol. I do not miss those days of rewinding.
The song is called Angel Eyes.
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