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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Gordon Parks (novel)
Gordon Parks (screenplay)
Release Date:
13 March 1970 (Finland) more
Plot:
The story, set in Kansas during the 1920's, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Pioneer Black Director Gordon Parks Dead at 93
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 8 March 2006)
Filmmaker Gordon Parks Dies at 93
(From WENN. 8 March 2006)
User Comments:
very good more (7 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kyle Johnson | ... | Newt |
| Alex Clarke | ... | Marcus |
| Estelle Evans | ... | Sarah |
| Dana Elcar | ... | Kirky |
| Mira Waters | ... | Arcella |
| Joel Fluellen | ... | Uncle Rob |
 | Malcolm Atterbury | ... | Silas Newhall |
| Richard Ward | ... | Booker Savage |
| Russell Thorson | ... | Judge Cavanaugh |
| Peggy Rea | ... | Miss McClintock |
| Carol Lamond | ... | Big Mabel |
| Kevin Hagen | ... | Doc Tim Cravens |
| Jimmy Rushing | ... | Chappie Logan (as James Rushing) |
| Dub Taylor | ... | Spikey |
| Felix Nelson | ... | Jack Winger |
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Runtime:
107 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Finland:K-12 | USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG
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The first major studio feature film directed by an African-American (Gordon Parks). more
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Edited into Afro Promo (1997) more
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This was one of the films that really sucked me in and gave me a look at what life was like growing up black in the early part of the century. The setting for the film was splendid.