Monday, August 28, 2023

FIVE ON THE BLACK HAND SIDE (1973)
























Directed by: Oscar Williams
Based on the stage play by: Charlie L. Russell
Starring: Leonard Jackson, Clarice Taylor, Virginia Capers, Glynn Turman, D'Urville Martin, Dick Anthony Williams, Sonny Jim Gaines, Ja'net DuBois, Bonnie Banfield, Carl Franklin, Godfrey Cambridge

96 minutes
(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
In contrast to most of the violence-laden "blaxploitation" films of the period, this low-budget effort 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 joins their three children in rebelling against her husband's retrogressive behavior.

 

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