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)
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
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September 1, 2009
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July 7, 2009
Gay love, inter racial and the brotherhood. History and roots. Age and youth.
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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.
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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!
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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) -
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.
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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.
