Brother to Brother

Brother to Brother

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Brother to Brother

Alex Burns, Anthony Mackie, Aunjanue Ellis, Brad Baily, Brian Everett Chandler, Daniel Sunjata, Duane Boutte, Larry Gilliard, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Ray Ford, Roger Robinson

Opposites attract when an elderly homeless man named Richard (Roger Robinson), once a literary legend of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, befriends gay art student Perry (Anthony Mackie) in this s...( read more  read more... )ensitive, introspective drama. The upshot is that Perry learns that the daunting challenges he faces in the early 21st century are not too far removed from the hurdles Richard had to surmount in the early 20th century.

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  • September 1, 2009
    A friend's recommendation reminded me that I saw this stunning documentary-style-film on PBS's Independent Lens.

    The literary world of the Harlem Renaissance is more central to this than homosexuality amongst African American men (see Paris is Burning for the best film on that ...( read more)topic). It's admirable unabashed reality and as result, quite depressing at moments with an overall tone of bittersweetness.

    I think this is a very important film for young artists, especially writers, to see.
  • July 7, 2009
    Gay love, inter racial and the brotherhood. History and roots. Age and youth.
  • March 25, 2009
    how brilliant was this film when i first saw it! the cast, including anthony mackie, dainel sunjata, percy boutte and anjonue ellis, is an embarassment of riches. evans' visual style is like jazz for the eyes. i hope he is shooting his follow-up to this very successful feature.
  • February 7, 2009
    As an Anthony Mackie fan I was curious. This is a wonderful movie and educational too. Disappointed that it didn't receive a much wider distribution. Quite a few actors from the HBO series The Wire in this one!
  • September 28, 2008
    Brother to Brother is not a typical gay film.

    Yhe way it's shot, and flips back and forth between "present" and the 1920s is pretty seamless, And the fact that it features writers and poets from the Harlem Renaissance, and makes paralells between their struggles and those of ...( read more)Anthony Mackie makes for a very interesting film.

    People like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston -- these people whose works I studies in grammar school and college, so it was fun to see them on screen.

    Anthony Mackie (who you might remember from We Are Marshall, for example) does a great job.

    Definitely worth a ren for those interested.
  • May 24, 2008
    Inspiring! The Harlem Renaissance movement revisited!
  • May 30, 2007
    very thoughtful movie.
  • April 23, 2007
    This is another educational movie. I would have never thought that but it is. I was only watching it because of Anthony Mackie. It's about some of the people of the Harlem Renaissance. I think alot of ya'll out there will like it. Check it out.
  • April 8, 2007
    This movie was a good movie, dealing with black gay men. With many twists and turns, certainly no block buster, but neither should it be missed.

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