A Luv Tale - The Series

It's been 20 years since director Sidra Smith's debut film "A Luv Tale" played the Film Festival�circuit and picked up a couple of Audience Awards. Now she is back with a six-part web series of the same name that carries on with the story of a group of�queer African-American women in their search for love and happiness.

With a script written by Smith and a cast led by Vanessa Williams, these short episodes follow the four women as they maneuver the aftereffects of their failing/failed romances�and they look for love again.�

Young budding photographer Taylor picks up an older woman in a bar who refuses to give a name... which is the first clue there is melodrama ahead. The woman – her name is Cassie (Vanessa Williams) – turns out not only to be married to a man, but is the mother of Jake, who is Taylor's friend and who has his own ideas about sleeping with her

This storyline is� typical of the rest that follow, and although it is set in Harlem it actually turns out to be a very small world, as all the women in "A Luv Tale" have a connection with each other.

This all makes for pleasant first date viewing, as everyone is extremely attractive and they coast along in a predictable romance that is very easy on both the eye and brain.�The producers would like us to think the whole thing is like a black, queer "Sex In The City," but that's just wishful thinking as they never go clothes shopping once.