‘Soul Food’

This warm and embracing 1997 family drama, was written and directed by George Tillman Jr, who drew inspiration from his own Milwaukee family. For 40 years, the now-widowed Mother Joe (the majestic Irma P. Hall, center) has served a sumptuous Southern-style Sunday dinner in her fine old Chicago home and in doing so has held together her family of three daughters (Vanessa L. Williams, left, Vivica A. Fox, right, and Nia Long) and their families. (HBO Tuesday at 8 p.m.).