OLD FASHIONED THANKSGIVING, AN

In 1860’s America, three generations of women come to terms with their relationships, with the differences that separate them, and with the power of forgiveness that could provide a long-awaited reconciliation.

Ever since the death of her poor but decent husband, the earnest and hard-working Mary Bassett (Helene Joy, M.V.P.) has struggled to provide for her daughters, Tilly and Prudence, and her son, Solomon, at a modest New Hampshire farm. With Thanksgiving approaching, Mary’s debt to her landlord Mrs. Hopkins (Paula Boudreau, A Raisin in the Sun) for back rent doesn’t bode well for the kind of holiday feast her children deserve. Then Tilly, an intellectual with dreams of becoming a writer, concocts a plan. She pens a letter, pleading for assistance from a brittle and wealthy society woman named Isabella Caldwell (Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Jacqueline Bisset, Nip/Tuck), her own estranged grandmother who severed all family ties after accusing her daughter of marrying a man beneath her.

Upon Isabella’s arrival, Mary is flooded with bitter memories—each sharpened by Isabella’s increasing influence over Tilly, a talented girl in whom Isabella sees untapped promise. The resentment grows even deeper when Mary discovers that Isabella has bought the farm outright from Mrs. Hopkins with plans of razing it and dragging the family into the “respectable” circles of New York society. To protect herself and her children from Isabella’s control, Mary feels it’s time to finally expose the secrets of her mother’s past—revelations that could cause a final upheaval in family ties, or lead to a heartening reconciliation in what may be an old-fashioned Thanksgiving after all.

Inspired by Louisa May Alcott’s beloved story, An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving is a timeless story of family bonds—one that is as inspiring a treat for the holiday as it is for the heart.