Penitentiary
A hitchhiker named Martel Gordone gets in a fight with two bikers over a prostitute, and one of the bikers is killed. Gordone is arrested and sent to prison, where he joins the prison's boxing team in an effort to secure an early parole and to establish his dominance over the prison's toughest gang.
Bless Their Little Hearts
Charlie Banks, chronically unemployed, struggles to find dignity and a meaning for life in the impoverished Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts.
To Sleep with Anger
An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.
My Brother's Wedding
A young African-American man, living in Los Angeles without direction in his life, reluctantly agrees to be the best man for his brother, an upwardly mobile lawyer.
Daughters of the Dust
In 1902, an African-American family living on a sea island off the coast of South Carolina prepares to move to the North.
Killer of Sheep
An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.
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Jamaa Fanaka
Director
Leon Isaac Kennedy
as
Martel 'Too Sweet' Gordone
Danny Glover
as
Harry
Vonetta McGee
as
Pat
Mary Alice
as
Suzie
Henry G. Sanders
as
Beat-up man
Sy Richardson
as
Mr. Dubois
Benjamin Williams
as
Pallbearer
Vertamae Grosvenor
as
Hairbraider
Tony King
as
Newlywed Man
Sherry Jackson
as
Older Cousin
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