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Cornbread, Earl and Me

1975 · 95 min

A slow, heartfelt burn that lets you live in a close-knit community before and after a devastating loss, leaving a quiet ache.

Directed by
Joseph Manduke
Genres
Drama
Tagline
He Had the Lightest Touch in a Heavy Town.
Overview
The unintentional shooting by police of a star basketball player has profound personal, political and community repercussions in this acclaimed adaptation of the novel Hog Butcher by Ronald Fair. This was one of the more thoughtful urban dramas produced at the height of the "blaxploitation" craze. Also released under the title Hit the Open Man, it features the screen debut of Laurence Fishburne, who was barely a teenager at the time.

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Directed by
Joseph Manduke
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • justice
  • coming-of-age
  • race
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Joseph Manduke
Written by
Leonard Lamensdorf
Starring
Moses Gunn, Rosalind Cash, Bernie Casey, Madge Sinclair, Laurence Fishburne, Thalmus Rasulala, Antonio Fargas, Logan Ramsey
Music
Donald Byrd
Cinematography
Jules Brenner
Runtime
95 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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