Brother John (1971)

Starring:

• Sidney Poitier
• Beverly Todd
• Will Geer
• Lincoln Kilpatrick
• Richard Ward
• Paul Winfield
• Bradford Dillman
• Ramon Bieri
• Warren J. Kemmerling
• P. Jay Sidney
• Zara Cully
• Michael Bell
• Howard Rice
• Darlene Rice
• Harry Davis
• Lynn Hamilton

Storyline

He left home as a child. He traveled the world and visited places few men have seen. There is no way to contact him. Yet, whenever a death occurs in the family, he knows to return home. He just knows. Visiting his Alabama hometown for his sister's funeral, an enigmatic black man, John Kane (Sidney Poitier), is appalled by the discrimination and hatred he witnesses. There is a strike going on at the same time as the funeral, and some in the community assume he is an outside agitator. In reality, Kane is much more than anyone could imagine.