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Showing posts with label 1972. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1972. Show all posts

Thursday, July 14, 2016

To All My Friend On Shore (1972)























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An touching heartwarming slice of life story about a hard working airport redcap (Bill Cosby, Let's Do It Again, Uptown Saturday Night) who dreams of getting his son, Vandy (Dennis Hines, Buck and the Preacher) and his wife, Serera (Gloria Foster, Man and Boy, Nothing But A Man) out of the ghetto and into a home of there own, only to discover that his son has sickle-cell anemia. This forces the family to take another path to happiness, a path understanding and love.

Saturday, July 2, 2016

Killer By Night (1972)














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Two cops are shot dead in cold blood, the killer is on the loose, and a woman lies dying in the hospital of diphtheria. Two completely unrelated cases, but nothing is as it seems in KILLER BY NIGHT. As the highly contagious diphtheria begins claiming more victims, Dr. Larry Ross (Robert Wagner) races to find its source to prevent an outbreak. More concerned with the dead police officers, Captain George Benson (Greg Morris) reluctantly cooperates with Dr. Ross. The deeper the investigations go, the more they seem to have in common, and the key to solving both of them may hinge upon the only person who might be able to identify the gunman- a blind nun.

Using the backdrop of a deadly outbreak KILLER BY NIGHT crafts a tense and human thriller. Featuring an original score from the legendary Quincy Jones and an all-star cast led by Robert Wagner and Greg Morris, the film also includes strong supporting performance by Robert Lansing, Theodore Bikel, and Diane Baker.  


Saturday, June 25, 2016

Georgia, Georgia (1972)
























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Georgia, Georgia is a 1972 Swedish-American drama film directed by Stig Björkman. It was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival. Its screenplay, written by Maya Angelou, is the first screenplay written by a black woman; Angelou also wrote the film's soundtrack, despite having very little additional input in the making of the film. -wiki

Acclaimed actress Diana Sands and Dirk Benedict star in this provocative romantic drama. While performing in Sweden, black singer Georgia (Diana Sands, The Landlord, Honeybaby, Honeybaby, Willie Dynamite) falls in love with white photographer Michael Winters. The romance is scorned upon by Georgia's black traveling companion Alberta (Minnie Gentry, Black Cesar, Greased Lightning), who is most upset by the interracial relationship as Alberta despises all whites with a vengeance, and it is her hatred that formulates the film's explosive climax.