Holiday Heart 2000

Overview

Holiday Heart is a 2000 television film directed by Robert Townsend that originally aired on the cable channel Showtime. The production stars Ving Rhames as the title character, alongside Alfre Woodard, Jesika Reynolds, and Mykelti Williamson. The story follows a Christian drag queen named Holiday Heart who is mourning the loss of his police officer lover. While dealing with his grief, he encounters a twelve-year-old girl named Niki and her mother, Wanda, who struggles with drug addiction. Heart finds a renewed sense of purpose by welcoming the two women into his home and assuming the role of a father figure to Niki. The stability of this makeshift family is eventually challenged when Wanda begins a romantic relationship with a drug dealer named Silas. This development creates tension that threatens the safety of Niki and the future of the household. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer handled the distribution of the film on DVD. The project has a runtime of one hour and thirty-six minutes and was released in the United States on December 10, 2000.