Brother to Brother |
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Thursday, October 21, 5:30pm A young African-American art student, Perry (Anthony Mackie, 8 MILE), struggles with homophobia within the black community, and simmering racism among his peers and friends, including veiled comments from his handsome white lover. An encounter with an elderly homeless man, quite literally waxing poetic, renders Perry and his pals speechless, and he longs to find out more about this mysterious stranger. An unusual friendship forms as Perry discovers the man is actually Bruce Nugent, who once hobnobbed with the likes of Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Wallace Thurman in the glory days of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance. Bruce’s tales make history come alive, opening Perry’s (and viewers’) eyes to issues of racial and sexual identity, then and now. An impressive first feature from writer-director Rodney Evans, BROTHER TO BROTHER has garnered festival awards from L.A. to New York, including Sundance’s Special Jury Prize for passion in filmmaking.
Cinerama Theatre |
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