Almos' a Man (1977)
Directed by Stan Lathan
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Coming-of-Age, Period Film |
Run Time - 60 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Based on the story by Richard Wright, Almos' a Man stars LeVar Burton as a black teenager in the South of the 1930s. Working as a field hand, Burton is frustrated at being considered inferior to the local whites. Perhaps if he purchases a gun, he can prove his manhood. This is the decision he makes-much to the anguish of his mother, played by Madge Sinclair. Originally a PBS American Short Story presentation, Almos' a Man was first telecast April 26, 1977. Running some 45 minutes, it was offered in tandem with a dramatizaton of Ernest Hemingway's Soldier's Home.
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Black [race], coming-of-age, farmhand, gun, mother, race-relations, teenagers