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Five on the Black Hand Side (1973)
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Charlie L. Russell (play)
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You've been coffy-tized, blacula-rized and super-flied - but now you're gonna be glorified, unified and filled-with-pride... when you see "Five on the Black Hand Side"
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A soliloquy that Shakespeare would kill for.
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(Credited cast)| Clarice Taylor | ... | Gladys Ann Brooks | |
| Leonard Jackson | ... | John Henry Brooks | |
| Virginia Capers | ... | Ruby | |
| Glynn Turman | ... | Gideon | |
| D'Urville Martin | ... | Booker T. Washington 'Sharrief' Brooks | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Tchaka Almoravids | ... | Fun Loving | |
| Kwasi Badu | ... | Chief Royal Ashanti Drummer | |
| Bonnie Banfield | ... | Gail | |
| Godfrey Cambridge | ... | Himself | |
| Frankie Crocker | ... | Rolls Royce | |
| Ja'net DuBois | ... | Stormy Monday | |
| Carl Franklin | ... | Marvin | |
| Sonny Jim Gaines | ... | Sweetmeat | |
| Douglas Johnson | ... | Driver | |
| Philomena Nowlin | ... | Katheryn | |
| Rudy Joe Ringo | ... | Steak Seller | |
| Fred D. Scott | ... | Porter Fat (as Fred Daniel Scott) | |
| Imamu Sukuma | ... | Minister | |
| Brenda Sutton | ... | Nia | |
| Jean Taylor | ... | Evangelist | |
| Ronald Warden | ... | Militant | |
| Dick Anthony Williams | ... | Preston | |
| Cal Wilson | ... | Hasaan | |
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96 min
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I gave this movie a 10 just for the rap/monologue that takes place in the barbershop. It really is mind blowing. There's one line about being a "population maker" that I'm still cracking up about.
Thats not to say the rest of the film is bad. The whole movie just surpassed every expectation and prejudgment I had when I saw the title; Everything from the characters names (sweet meat, stormy Monday - the karate chic expert) to the father breaking the 4th wall and communicating w/ the audience just made this film a surreal experience. I came away thinking that if John Hughes (breakfast club) made a black exploitation family movie instead of a teen drama - this is what the outcome would be.
This film definitely kept me more entertained than any current movie thats out now playing.