Post by Kaz ~;~ on Sept 21, 2010 7:56:28 GMT -5
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Director: Martin Ritt
Writers: William H. Armstrong (book)
Lonne Elder III
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Plot Summary::The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933, face a serious family crisis when the husband and father, Nathan Lee Morgan, is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp. After some weeks or months, the wife and mother, Rebecca Morgan, sends the oldest son, who is about 11 years old, to visit his father at the camp. The trip becomes something of an odyssey for the boy. During the journey he stays a little while with a dedicated Black schoolteacher.
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(Cast)
Cicely Tyson ... Rebecca Morgan
Paul Winfield ... Nathan Lee Morgan
Kevin Hooks ... David Lee Morgan
Carmen Mathews ... Mrs. Boatwright
Taj Mahal ... Ike
James Best ... Sheriff Young
Eric Hooks ... Earl Morgan
Yvonne Jarrell ... Josie Mae Morgan
Sylvia Kuumba Williams ... Harriet
Teddy Airhart ... Mr. Perkins
Richard Durham ... Perkins' Foreman
Wendell Brumfield ... Deputy #1
Al Bankston ... Deputy #2
Myrl Sharkey ... Teacher
Inez Durham ... Court Clerk
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Director: Martin Ritt
Writers: William H. Armstrong (book)
Lonne Elder III
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Plot Summary::The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933, face a serious family crisis when the husband and father, Nathan Lee Morgan, is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp. After some weeks or months, the wife and mother, Rebecca Morgan, sends the oldest son, who is about 11 years old, to visit his father at the camp. The trip becomes something of an odyssey for the boy. During the journey he stays a little while with a dedicated Black schoolteacher.
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(Cast)
Cicely Tyson ... Rebecca Morgan
Paul Winfield ... Nathan Lee Morgan
Kevin Hooks ... David Lee Morgan
Carmen Mathews ... Mrs. Boatwright
Taj Mahal ... Ike
James Best ... Sheriff Young
Eric Hooks ... Earl Morgan
Yvonne Jarrell ... Josie Mae Morgan
Sylvia Kuumba Williams ... Harriet
Teddy Airhart ... Mr. Perkins
Richard Durham ... Perkins' Foreman
Wendell Brumfield ... Deputy #1
Al Bankston ... Deputy #2
Myrl Sharkey ... Teacher
Inez Durham ... Court Clerk
