Starring: Anthony Mackie, Larry Gilliard Jr., Duane Boutte, Daniel Sunjata, Alex Burns Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 14, 2005 Running Time: 90 minutes Studio: WOLFE VIDEO Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Product Description: Critically acclaimed drama that involes the glory days of the harlem renaissance. As an elderly man peoet bruce nugent meets a young black gay artist struggling to ind his voice & together they embark on a surreal narrative journey through his inspiring past. Studio: Wolfe Video Release Date: 02/03/2009 Starring: Anthony Mackie Aunjanue Ellis Run time: 90 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Rodney Evans
BROTHER TO BROTHER NAILS IT; INTELLECTUALLY, EMOTIONALLY, SPIRITUALLY ^ As a 71-yr old white dude I found this superb release from Wolfe Video exceedingly rich and rewarding. The entire production reflects perfect balance between professional cast and lucid script and remarkable overall cinematic expression. As a personal aside, I have been remarkably blessed throughout life in acquiring a goodly number of black friends (both male and female) by means of the workplace. I dedicate this review to THEM, for patiently taking the time, effort and personal interest in me over the decades in mutually cultivating strong bonds of intellectual growth, love, understanding and respect.
Thumbs down ^ I am sorry. I try to support independent films but this was just not a good purchase. I could barely stay awake to finish the movie. It is worse than watching paint dry. Sorry to be so brutal but it was not good.
Liked this movie ^ This movie was good. I only wish the star of the show and the college guy (the white guy) had gotten together as a couple! The guy who played Langston Huges was so gorgeous!
Artistic And Well Acted ^ It was like watching poetry in motion for me, I enjoyed the film from begining to end. There isn't for me at least a thing to fault, I enjoy any film like this. They were already a good set of postive reviews I don't really feel the need to add a whole new one. If you are for heart felt story lines this is a movie for you.
If there was a seminal period in African-American history it was the Harlem Renaissance. Its repercussions are still being felt in the area of civil rights. This was the first time that gay men and women of color created and published in their own voices so that the world would know that they were here. The period brought us Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Huston, Wallace Thurman and Bruce Nugent who is one of the characters in this film. The film brings together the struggles of gay equality in the African-American community with those that were involved in the Harlem Renaissance. It deals with the issues openly and honestly and is therefore somewhat controversial. With the end of the movie there is really no closure as we are to see and to feel that the black gay experience is complex, ever changing and constantly evolving. The film shows us regular people living regular lives and deciding which paths they should take. Therefore there can be no happy ending. The film is director Randy Evans' first narrative movie. It ambitiously looks at artistic and personal integrity in a time that spans both past and present. The film focuses on a young New York artist whose becomes friendly with one of the main figures of the Harlem Renaissance and this causes him to examine himself and his values. We see black politics and sexuality in depth. Perry (Anthony Mackie) is a lonely painter who has been rejected by his parents because he is gay. He is at odds with fellow college students who will not accept James Baldwin as a figure to be respected--they feel that Baldwin's homosexuality deters from his politics for the advancement of the black men. This anti-gay hostility serves to awaken a historical curiosity in Perry. Perry wrestles with both homophobia and racism but he has a chance encounter with Nugent (Roger Robinson) who has been reduced to staying at a homeless shelter where Perry works. As the two men develop a friendship, Nugent shares his memories of Harlem. This links the past to the present. The acting of these two men is fine and they give us sympathetic and sensitive characters. There is a great deal to see and learn here and watching this film allows us to look at the African-American gay experience with different eyes and a great deal more understanding.
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