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Showing posts with label 1977. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1977. Show all posts

Saturday, November 19, 2016

Freeman (1977, Broadway Theater)




















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This drama deals with the sad division between what a man hopes for and what he achieves. In the title role, Dick Anthony Williams (The Mack) portrays a naïve, ambitious, recklessly optimistic man who finds himself in difficulty because of his unrealistic hopes. Directed by Tony-winner Lloyd Richards ("Fences") , and featuring Oscar-winner Louis Gossett, Jr. (Carolina Skeletons). 

Sunday, September 4, 2016

Panic In Echo Park (1977)

























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A young black M.D. tries to prove that the community of Echo Park is endangered by a deadly epidemic. But he has to fight his superior in the hospital and city government who accuse him of just causing panic. 

Thursday, July 7, 2016

A Killing Affair (1977)






























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A white female detective is partnered with a black male detective to find the person who is committing a series of particularly vicious murders. During the course of the investigation the two begin to develop an attraction to each other, but the situation is complicated by the fact that he is married.