Awe! #Socialites, how cute is this? ‘Soul Food‘ star Brandon Hammond shares his reunion with the movie’s character “Big Mama,” played by Irma P. Hall, who is now celebrating her 90th birthday.
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On Wednesday (June 4), child actor Brandon Hammond surprised fans by sharing a candid photo of himself and his ‘Soul Food‘ co-star, Irma P. Hall. In 1997 hit film, Hammond played “Ahmad” while Hall played “Josephine ‘Big Mama’ Joseph.”
While taking to his Instagram account, Hammond shared several photos of himself and Hall from her 90th birthday celebration, plus a still photo from ‘Soul Food.’ He captioned the post:
“Happy 90th Birthday to the LEGENDARY Ms. Irma P. Hall [June 3, 1935]! 🎉🎈🎊 It is not an overstatement to say that Irma’s career is nothing short of ICONIC. Beyond all of the wonderful things she’s done throughout her career, Irma is an even more wonderful and amazing person.
Of course, I know Irma from our time together on the film ‘Soul Food.’ I met her as an 12-year-old boy whom she immediately treated like her grandson. Because of Soul Food, Irma would affectionately be known by so many as ‘Big Mama’ and I, as her ‘favorite grandbaby’ – ☺️ and she and I would be forever linked. I am honored to share not only the screen but a friendship with her. I briefly worked with Irma once more after ‘Soul Food,’ but it would be over 20 years since then that she and I would finally get to see each other in person again.”
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Additionally, Brandon Hammond’s post about him and “Big Mama” Irma P. Hall revealed he’s directing a ‘Soul Food Reunion‘ documentary. He said:
“Most of you don’t know that for the past couple of years I’ve been in the process of directing a ‘Soul Food Reunion’ documentary (yes, really! — I am suuuuuuper excited for you all to see this!!) and this afforded me the opportunity to visit Irma and her wonderful family a couple of years ago in Texas where she now resides. [Special thanks to her two lovely daughters @katt_bettye and Irma D. Crayton, who welcomed us into their home].
Words can’t really express what this experience was like for me, but I’ll try. Her hugs and smile were as I remember them and being able to reminisce about that special time filming ‘Soul Food’ almost 30 years ago is something that I will hold onto for dear life. We even sat at the table for a nice Soul Food-esque dinner and just enjoyed one another. I have included some pictures from that visit.”
While concluding his post, Hammond said, “I’ll wrap this up by saying people truly do come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. It feels like Irma’s presence in my life fits all three of those categories and I am eternally grateful to know her. 🙏🏾 Again, Happy Birthday, Irma! l hope you enjoyed your day celebrating you. 🥳 I love you, dearly. 🤗 - Brandon aka ‘Ahmad’ aka ‘Big Mama’s favorite grandbaby’ 😊”
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