Al Freeman Jr., Anna Marie Horsford, Bernie Casey
Tim Reid's wonderful film about life in the black neighborhood of Glen Allan, Mississippi, from the mid-'40s to the dawn of the civil rights movement, is thick with terrific, inspired actors and posse...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 18, 2001
Stats: 51 reviews
haven't seen it, but it looks like a good movie. I haven't kept up on movies in the last few years since I got the computer. lol
This movie is filled with great history from the ice man to the midwife. It recalls parts of African American history in as modern format.
Jesus - with those types of comments - no wonder this country is in the state of affairs that it is in. After reading the synopsis, if those sorts of things are all you have to say or think - makes it really apparent why movie making & television seem to be getting dumbed down mo...( read more)
No... sick of crazy segregation movies...
No one ever makes movies about the plight of the blondes... >_>"
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