Personal ProblemsDrama70 Play Trailer Play Trailer Personal Problems70Dramathumb_upthumb_downPersonal ProblemsAugust 10, 1980Directed byBill GunnAn “experimental soap opera” centered on a Harlem nurse, her husband, her father-in-law, and her lover.US content warning new york cityfamily Last Updated: March 17, 2026 Request Update CastVertamae GrosvenorJohnnie Mae BrownWalter CottonCharles BrownBill GunnMr. DamienIshmael ReedManager of Doggie DinerJim WrightFather BrownMargo WilliamsDellaSam WaymonRaymonThommie BlackwellBubbaMichele WallaceSharonJohn H. WellsNumbers ManMiamani MutimaWoman in CaféCarey BarnesPatient's UncleTres/Marshall M. Johnson, IIIAikijutso WaiterMichael WattsPatientLester WilliamsPatient's BrotherTrailerBill Gunn's Personal Problems – Official Trailer Image Gallery RecommendedUptown GirlsIt Runs in the FamilyHungry HeartsKitty FoyleAbeEleanor the GreatThe Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: HimMoonstruckAlmost ChristmasThe Secret: Dare to DreamThe Damned Don't CryThe Truth About EmanuelMadiganRaising HelenBrooklyn