Bellyfruit

Infobox Film
name = Bellyfruit


caption = DVD cover
director = Kerri Green
producer = Robert Bauer
Bonnie Dickenson
writer = Maria Bernhard
Susannah Blinkoff
narrator =
starring = Tamara LaSeon Bass
Tonatzin Mondragon
Kelly Vint
Michael Pena
T.E. Russell
music = Jay Gruska
cinematography = Peter Calvin
editing = Carmel Juneau
distributor = The Asylum
released = 1999
runtime = 87 min.
country = U.S.A.
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:180065
imdb_id = 0159277

"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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*Imdb title|id=0159277|title=Bellyfruit
*amg title|id=1:180065|title=Bellyfruit