A Patch of Blue 1965 POSTER

A Patch of Blue

8.0

♡ 21

89%

grandparent grandchild relationship

Guy Green

Guy Green Director

Ivan Dixon

Ivan Dixon as Mark Ralfe

David Richards

David Richards as Messenger

John Qualen

John Qualen as Mr. Faber

Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters as Rose-Ann D'Arcey

A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.

A Raisin in the Sun 1961 POSTER

A Raisin in the Sun

8.0

♡ 23

90%

based on play or musical

racial segregation

Daniel Petrie

Daniel Petrie Director

Ivan Dixon

Ivan Dixon as Asagai

Diana Sands

Diana Sands as Beneatha Younger

George DeNormand

George DeNormand as Employer

Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee as Ruth Younger

Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financial windfall.

Nothing But a Man 1964 POSTER

Nothing But a Man

7.9

98%

african american

independent film

railroad worker

Michael Roemer

Michael Roemer Director

Ivan Dixon

Ivan Dixon as Duff Anderson

Yaphet Kotto

Yaphet Kotto as Jocko

Gloria Foster

Gloria Foster as Lee

Julius Harris

Julius Harris as Will Anderson

A proud black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.

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