A Private Affair

A Private Affair

95 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Aug. 26, 2000

A woman who has confronted the sour side of success finds love and discovers herself in this made-for-TV drama. Nikka (Vanessa Bell Calloway) is a writer who enjoys unexpected success with her first novel, but her brush with fame and fortune has a serious downside when she's threatened with legal action by the Internal Revenue Service for non-payment of taxes. Turning to her family and friends for help, Nikka's new life begins to fall apart, but she begins to develop a greater sense of herself in the process, and she decides to take a trip to Africa in hopes of coming to terms with her heritage.

A Private Affair

95 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Aug. 26, 2000

A Private Affair
A woman who has confronted the sour side of success finds love and discovers herself in this made-for-TV drama. Nikka (Vanessa Bell Calloway) is a writer who enjoys unexpected success with her first novel, but her brush with fame and fortune has a serious downside when she's threatened with legal action by the Internal Revenue Service for non-payment of taxes. Turning to her family and friends for help, Nikka's new life begins to fall apart, but she begins to develop a greater sense of herself in the process, and she decides to take a trip to Africa in hopes of coming to terms with her heritage.
Producers
Original title A Private Affair
Directors Michael Toshiyuki Uno
Writers Donna Hill, Tony Lee

Cast

Clifton Powell

as Isaiah

Lou Myers

as Lawrence

Casey Lee

as Boyd

Janet MacLachlan

as Cynthia

Akrosia Samson

as Cindy

Kym Whitley

as Cheryl

Merry Clayton

as Betty