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Sinbad Returns to Acting 5 Years After Stroke in Tyler Perry's Straw: 'It's Been Really Difficult for Him'

Sinbad returns to acting nearly five years after suffering a stroke in Tyler Perry's 'Straw,' with the director saying he's had 'really difficult' times

Sinbad (real name David Adkins) plays Benny in the thriller that's led by Taraji P. Henson as Janiyah, a single mother who will do anything to help her ill daughter. A synopsis for his new movie Straw reads, "A single mother’s world unravels in chaos as her day goes from bad to worse to catastrophic as she struggles to care for her ill daughter." "Pushed to the brink by a world that seems indifferent to her existence, she’s forced to confront impossible choices in a society that offers her no safety net," adds the official description of the film, which also stars Teyana Taylor, Glynn Turman and Rockmond Dunbar.

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