Will (1981 film) (original) (raw)

Will is a 1981 American drama film directed by Jessie Maple. It was the first independent feature-length film directed by an African-American woman. The movie was filmed on location in Harlem with a budget of $12,000 and featured an as-yet unknown actress, Loretta Devine, in her first film role. In 2013, the film was restored by the New York Women in Film and Television's Women's Film Preservation Fund.