Minstrel Man
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Two black brothers in a traveling minstrel show in the early part of the twentieth century have two different goals. One brother is determined to succeed in a field that is dominated by white performers in blackface, and the other is a composer fighting to break away from the stereotypes associated with black minstrel performers.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1977-03-02
Runtime: 100 mins
Director: William A. Graham
Writer: Esther Shapiro, Richard Alan Shapiro
Spoken language: English
Genres: Drama, TV Movie
Original title: Minstrel Man
Production Companies: First Artists, Roger Gimbel Productions, Tomorrow Entertainment
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Glynn Turman
Ted Ross
Stanley Bennett Clay
S. Pearl Sharp
Art Evans
Gene Bell
Earl Billings
Anthony Amos
Amechi Uzodinma
Arthur Rooks
Carol Sutton
Wilbur Swartz
Robert Earle
Don Lutenbacher
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