What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away

What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away

88 mins | Drama, Family | May 31, 2002

A rare original movie offering from the UPN network, What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away focuses on three high school girls: aspiring singer Temple (Keshia Knight-Pulliam) and her lifelong friends Alex (Angell Conwell) and Breena (Monica McSwain). Attending a weekend college-scholarship retreat, the three heroines endeavor to gain financial support for their chosen academic fields. Along the way, Temple squares off against longtime rival Doreen (Alexis Fields), Alex is distracted by a handsome frat boy, and Breena tries to prove that she's a lot more mature than her hip-hop image.

What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away

88 mins | Drama, Family | May 31, 2002

What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away
A rare original movie offering from the UPN network, What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away focuses on three high school girls: aspiring singer Temple (Keshia Knight-Pulliam) and her lifelong friends Alex (Angell Conwell) and Breena (Monica McSwain). Attending a weekend college-scholarship retreat, the three heroines endeavor to gain financial support for their chosen academic fields. Along the way, Temple squares off against longtime rival Doreen (Alexis Fields), Alex is distracted by a handsome frat boy, and Breena tries to prove that she's a lot more mature than her hip-hop image.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers
Original title What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away
Directors Niva Dorell
Writers Kim Watson

Cast

Angell Conwell

as Alex

Monica McSwain

as Breena

Kym Whitley

as Ms. Wells

Louis Gossett Jr.

as Dr. Barnes

Elimu Nelson

as Nikko

Alexis Fields

as Doreen

Ella Joyce

as Juanita

Denise Dowse

as Mona

Troy Winbush

as James

Riley Weston

as Sydney

Salim Grant

as Dom

Galina Liss

as Fashion Student

Betty K. Bynum

as Elaine

DJ Quik

as Himself

Cleveland O'Neal III

as Scholarship Host