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- Losing Isaiah explores the emotional and legal struggle between Khaila Richards, a recovering mother, and Margaret Lewin, a social worker, over the custody of a child Khaila abandoned during addiction. The film delves into themes of motherhood, redemption, and the complexities of adoption within a racially diverse context.
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Mar 17, 1995 · “Losing Isaiah,” inspired by various actual cases, tells the story of a cocaine-addicted black woman named Khaila (Halle Berry) who, in a drugged haze, stumbles out of a crack house and abandons her son in a cardboard box in an alley.
Plot. While craving her next hit, Khaila Richards (Halle Berry), an African-American crack cocaine addict, abandons her inconsolable, illegitimate infant son, Isaiah, in the dumpster. She promises to come back for him later, but then she passes out from the drugs.
Losing Isaiah: Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal. With Jessica Lange, Halle Berry, David Strathairn, Cuba Gooding Jr.. The biological and adoptive mothers of a young boy are involved in a bitter, controversial custody battle.
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- Drama
- Stephen Gyllenhaal
- 1995-03-17
Khaila Richards (Halle Berry), a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing.
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- Stephen Gyllenhaal
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- Jessica Lange
The biological and adoptive mothers of a young boy are involved in a bitter, controversial custody battle. An African-American baby, abandoned by his crack addicted mother is adopted by a white social worker and her husband.
Mar 17, 1995 · Losing Isaiah explores the emotional and legal struggle between Khaila Richards, a recovering mother, and Margaret Lewin, a social worker, over the custody of a child Khaila abandoned during addiction.
Dec 31, 1994 · Losing Isaiah. After drug addict Kahlia (Halle Berry) leaves her crack-addicted babe on a rubbish dump, the sprog is rescued and adopted by social worker Margaret (Jessica Lange). When Kahlia,...
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