To Be Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
Overview
A mosaic biopic on Lorraine Hansberry, based on the stage play combining her unpublished writings, letters, and diaries.
Cast
Ruby Dee
Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
Roy Scheider
Blythe Danner
Self and other assorted characters
Al Freeman Jr.
Claudia McNeil
Barbara Barrie
Lauren Jones
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The Safety of Objects
Bruised
Iron Jawed Angels
Lucky Them
Bastard Out of Carolina
Girlfight
The Color of Rain
The Girl in the Book
A Dry White Season
Strange Weather
Girl in the Box
My Dinner with Hervé
Heaven
Origin
Eleanor the Great
The Secret Life of Bees
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault