“The Women of Brewster Place” a movie based upon the novel that was written by Gloria Naylor which in 1989 was produced by Oprah Winfrey is one of my favorite movies. This movie gives an outlook of black women in different ways of living and dealing with hardship in my opinion. The characters setting take place in New York City.

Mattie’s character shows how a young girl unwedded mother deals with raising a son. Etta Mae’s character is a friend of Mattie that displays an unmarried and unemployed woman without children that focus is on outer physical attribute to gain resources. Ciel’s character is young lady that grew up with Mattie’s character and the relationship continued, but Ciel dealt with abuse from her husband and depression from the