Blues for Willadean is a 2012 American drama film written and directed by Del Shores and starring Beth Grant and Octavia Spencer. It is based on Shores’ 2003 play The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife. Plot The story is about Willadean, a woman who explores the shame, emotions and privacy of battered women. A film mixed with drama, humor, pain but which offers just hope to abused women. Willadean, wife of a truck driver, tries to escape from the small prison she built thanks to a friend and friend LaSonia who is always close to her and is a blues singer and encourages her with music. Cast Beth Grant as Willadean Winkler Octavia Spencer as LaSonia Robinson Dale Dickey as Rayleen Hobbs David Steen as J.D. Winkler Debby Holiday as Blues Singer Louise Beard as Mrs. Garrison Production The film was shot in Atlanta. References External links 2012 films American drama films Films shot in Atlanta Films shot in Georgia (U.S. state) American films based on plays 2012 drama films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films