Bellyfruit

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Bellyfruit
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Directed by	Kerri Green
Produced by	Robert Bauer Bonnie Dickenson
Written by	Maria Bernhard Susannah Blinkoff
Starring	Tamara LaSeon Bass Tonatzin Mondragon Kelly Vint Michael Pena T.E. Russell
Music by	Jay Gruska
Cinematography	Peter Calvin
Editing by	Carmel Juneau
Distributed by	The Asylum
Release date(s)	1999
Running time	87 min.
Country	U.S.A.
Language	English
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Bellyfruit (also spelled Belly Fruit) is a 1999 film drama about teen pregnancy directed by Kerri Green. The film stars Tamara LaSeon Bass, Tonatzin Mondragon, Kelly Vint, Michael Pena, and T.E. Russell.

Bellyfruit is an adaptation of an original stage play of the same title which premiered at the Los Angeles Theatre Center on March 16 of 1996. The play is a culminaton of written works and theatrical performances developed from the stories of the women from Ramona High School and the Pacoima Young Mothers writing program. Originating the roles of the teen mothers in the stage production were actresses Bonnie Dickensen, Tanya Wright, Judy Herrera, and Patrice Pitman Quinn. The stage play was produced by Independent Women Artists and performed as a benefit for Gramercy Group Homes in Los Angeles. It was also directed by Kerri Green, and was written by Maria Bernhard, Janet Borrus, Susannah Blinkoff and Kristen Scheimer.

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