Scholars have addressed adults and the impact of popular culture on adult learning, but little attention has been directed toward the relationship between adult learning and African Americans. Most specifically, minimal information is related to adult learning that evolves as a result of popular culture influences. Popular culture promotes cultures of learning and teaches and facilitates a more informed literate citizenry. As a form of popular culture, movies inform adults about race, class, and gender issues. The movie, "Waiting to Exhale," challenges adult audiences to think critically about race, class, and gender experiences as they occur in the social context and examine problems that foster intergroup and community misunderstandings. It explores the complex themes of race, class, and gender and the quest for loving adult relationships amid the struggle to be successful African American women. African American women are given an opportunity to see themselves "in the picture" and to be viewed by others as their own vibrant, complex, and independent beings. The movie serves as a site that encourages audience identification and participation, critical thinking, and promotes adult learning for African American women. An analysis of movie reviews and a literature review has revealed that the movie stimulated adult learning among African American women and served to promote informal education and learning. (12 references) (YLB)