Drama ·TV Movie · United States of America · 1977 · 1h 40m

Minstrel Man

Director

Cast

Glynn Turman as Harry Brown Jr. Ted Ross as Charlie Bates Stanley Bennett Clay as Rennie Brown S. Pearl Sharp as Jesamine Art Evans as Tambo Gene Bell as Harry Brown Sr. - Fat Man

Crew

Ronald J. Fagan — Editor Fred Karlin — Original Music Composer Esther Shapiro — Writer Richard Alan Shapiro — Writer Mitchell Brower — Producer Robert Lovenheim — Producer

Synopsis

Two black brothers in a traveling minstrel show in the early part of the twentieth century have two different goals. One brother is determined to succeed in a field that is dominated by white performers in blackface, and the other is a composer fighting to break away from the stereotypes associated with black minstrel performers.

Mood & Themes

minstrel minstrel show

Key Collaborators

William A. Graham Director Ronald J. Fagan Editor Fred Karlin Original Music Composer Esther Shapiro Writer Richard Alan Shapiro Writer Mitchell Brower Producer Robert Lovenheim Producer

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