Nothing But a Man
A proud black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.
Casts & Crew
Ivan Dixon
Abbey Lincoln
Julius Harris
Gloria Foster
Martin Priest
Leonard Parker
Yaphet Kotto
Stanley Greene
Helen Lounck
Helene Arrindell
Walter Wilson
Milton Williams
Mel Stewart
Marshal Tompkin
Alfred Puryear
Ed Rowan
Tom Ligon
William Jordan
Dorothy Hall
Gertrude Jeannette
Gil Rogers
Richard Webber
Eugene Wood
Jim Wright
Arland Schubert
Peter Carew
Bill Riola
Jay Brooks
Robert Berger
Jary Banks
Richard Ward
Moses Gunn
Mark Shapiro
William Phillips
Sylvia Ray
Esther Rolle
Evelyn Davis
Also Directed by Michael Roemer
Major aspects of life in Israel are reflected in the faces of its multi-ethnic society.
A small-time Jewish racketeer, just out of prison, finds himself in a quandary. Returning to his old neighborhood, he finds that the streets that he and his friends once controlled have now been taken over by blacks and Hispanics. On top of that, he must try to get back with his family, who want nothing to do with him.
Unsuccessfully trying to close old family wounds on a trip back to the Rhode Island home of her miserable childhood, a troubled Brooke Adams finds her new friendship with neighbor Trish Van Devere has her stuck in another family drama.
A woman suffering from terminal cancer determines to resolve several relationships in her life, especially with her daughter.
Last days: Sally, 46, bonds with her elderly mother as they take things day to day; Bill, in his early 30s, stoically goes on while his wife loses herself in rage; grandfatherly Reverend Bryant preaches a final sermon, then goes back South one last time. Three different cinema verité’s Ikiru’s, filmed over a two-year period.
Directed by Michael Roemer.