*Blair Underwood returns to his native Petersburg, Virginia this spring to shoot the feature film “Juanita.”
Alfre Woodard co-stars in the project, which is based on the novel “Dancing on the Edge of the Roof” by Sheila Williams. The title character is a nurse’s aide, mother and grandmother, who breaks free of her exhaustive life caring for others and sets out on an adventure.
Clark Johnson will direct, while Virginia native Mel Jones (“Dear White People”), Stephanie Allain (“Hustle & Flow”) and Jason Michael Berman (“The Birth of a Nation”) will produce.
The trio’s last project, “Burning Sands,” filmed in Petersburg last spring and was an official selection at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. That movie is now available on Netflix.
“Juanita” will begin filming in early spring in Bedford and Central Virginia, including Petersburg.
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