i saw a movie about 5 years ago. It was about a white lady who needed
help around her house, so she hired a black prisoner on work release,
she eventually fell in love with him and when he was released she
helped him get on his feet. He fell in love with a black lady and the
white women vowed to get revenge, she got him fired from his job and
tried everything to get him back, includeing faking a rape . it
contimued until some one got shot. wht is the name of this movie.
thank you

Hello.

I believe that you're thinking of "Passion and Prejudice" (2001).

From the Internet Movie Database: 
"When prim and proper New England college professor Gwen Barry
(Titanic's Frances Fisher) hires handsome young prison inmate Dalton
Roy (Derwin Jordan) to tend her yard through a prison work furlough
program, their mentor-student relationship soon turns into a
passionate love affair. But when Dalton completes his prison sentence,
meets a pretty young college student (Kandyse McClure), and attempts
to start over again on his own, Gwen becomes obsessed with remaining a
part of Dalton's life or destroying it completely."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283535/

Also see:
"This is the true story of Dr Gwen Barry (Frances Fisher), a sexually
repressed woman with a lifetime of passion simmering just below the
surface. When she hires a day-release prisoner- the muscular Dalton
(derwin Jordan)- to help with her garden, they soon start an
exhilarating affair. Gwen imagines they will stay together forever
when Dalto leaves prison, but he has his own ideas."
http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=pfa&page=title&r=R2&title=111237

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search strategy:
imdb.com plot search: hires prison work

I hope this helps.