USA,
1972, 105 min
Directed by:
Martin RittCinematography:
John A. AlonzoComposer:
Taj MahalCast:
Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, James Best, Taj Mahal, Janet MacLachlan, Carmen Mathews, Jerry LeggioPlots(1)
Nathan Lee Morgan (Winfield), an African-American sharecropper, steals food from his neighbor to feed his starving family and is arrested, leaving his wife, Rebecca (Tyson), and their children to endure the hardships of poverty and prejudice in the Depression-era South. (official distributor synopsis)
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