The read
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless shelter.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes76%
Metacritic57/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
23 audience votes
Key crew
- Rodney EvansDirector
- Marc Anthony ThompsonOriginal Music Composer
- Rodney EvansWriter
Cast
- Anthony MackiePerry
- Lawrence Gilliard Jr.Marcus
- Duane BoutteYoung Bruce
- Daniel SunjataLangston
- Alex BurnsJim
- Ray FordWally
- Aunjanue Ellis-TaylorZora
- Roger RobinsonBruce Nugent
- Chad L. ColemanEl
- Lance ReddickJames
- James MartinezJulio - Perry's Boyfriend
- Oni Faida LampleyEvelyn
Stills
Themes
harlem renaissanceblack lgbt