 Parker's character has to deal with the challenges of spurned love.The movie was written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood based on the book of the same name by Sue Monk Kidd.In the 2010 film "Blood Done Sign My Name", which was based on a true story of small town racial turmoil set in a backdrop of belated segregation in 1970, Parker plays a 22-year-old Benjamin Chavis.