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| | "Funny Valentines" and "Deep in My Heart" |
 | | Funny Valentines -- directed by Julie Dash (Daughters of the Dust); starring Alfre Woodard (Miss Evers' Boys), Loretta Devine (Waiting to Exhale), and CCH Pounder (E.R.) -- is a loose-limbed account of a well-to-do fl woman's retreat from a troubled New York marriage to the Deep South and her childhood past. |
 | | Woodard will introduce her citified daughters, Megalyn Echikunwoke and Kajuana Shuford, to her cousin Devine, her aunt Pounder, family history, old-time religion, homemade ice cream, front-porch swings, and traumatic secrets. |
 | | Never mind the local doctor (Tom Wright) who seems to have been waiting for Alfre since high school, or the fact that her cousin may not be her cousin after all. |
| www.newyorkmetro.com /nymag/critics/tv/306 (332 words) |
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