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Follows the lives of a group of working-class African Americans living in New York City, focusing on the relationship between Johnnie Mae Brown and her husband Charles. Originally intended to air on public television in 1980, this film went unseen for many years; the original tapes have been carefu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Reed, Ishmael, 1938- (Creator, Screenwriter)
Other Authors:	Gunn, Bill, 1934-1989 (Screenwriter), Cotton, Walter, 1938-2013 (Producer, Actor, Screenwriter), Wright, Jim (Actor) (Screenwriter, Actor), Waymon, Sam (Screenwriter, Actor), Smart-Grosvenor, Vertamae (Screenwriter, Actor), Moore, Carman (composer (expression))
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	[United States] : Kino Lorber Repertory, 1980.
Subjects:	African American couples > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Working class African Americans > Drama. African Americans > Social life and customs > Drama. New York (N.Y.) > Drama. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Feature films. Fiction films. Internet videos. Made-for-TV movies.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)

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Summary:	Follows the lives of a group of working-class African Americans living in New York City, focusing on the relationship between Johnnie Mae Brown and her husband Charles. Originally intended to air on public television in 1980, this film went unseen for many years; the original tapes have been carefully restored and the film is now available in its full-length version for the first time in decades.
Item Description:	"Reed/Cannon Communication Co. presents"--Title frames for Part 2 for Kanopy.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 166 min.)) : sound, color
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Robert Polidori ; composer, Carman Moore ; editors, Bill Gunn, R. Polidori, Kip Hanrahan, Niamani Mutima, Walter Cotton.