by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Five on the Black Hand Side was released at a time when most black-oriented films were bloody action fests. In contrast, this low-budget effort, coproduced by actors Brock Peters and Michael Tolan, eschews exploitation for humanity and domestic drama. Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values when his previously docile wife (Clarice Taylor) joins their three children in rebelling against her husband's retrogressive behavior.
characteristics
- Family
- Suburban Dysfunction
- Middle-class
- Black [race]
- Child
- Husband-and-wife
- Marriage
- Parent/child-relationship
- Consciousness
- Barber
- Mother
- Foibles Of Marriage
- Daughter
- Demands
- Values
