The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
Charlie Banks, chronically unemployed, struggles to find dignity and a meaning for life in the impoverished Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
16 audience votes
Key crew
- Billy WoodberryDirector
- Charles BurnettWriter
- Esther PhillipsOriginal Music Composer
- Archie SheppOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Nate HardmanCharlie Banks
- Kaycee MooreAndais Banks
- Angela BurnettBanks Child
- Ronald BurnettBanks Child
- Kimberly BurnettBanks Child
- Langston WoodberryMistresses' Son
- Eugene CherryGene
- Ellis GriffinPasquale
- Ernest KnightDuck
- Lawrence PierottJohn
Stills
Themes
infidelityfamily conflictl.a. rebellion