

Cane River
1982 · Movie · 1h 44m
DramaRomance
Overview
A budding, forbidden romance lays bare the tensions between two black communities, both descended from slaves but of disparate opportunity—the light-skinned, property-owning Creoles and the darker-skinned, more disenfranchised families of the area.
Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
80/100
Key crew
- Horace B. JenkinsDirector
- Horace B. JenkinsWriter
Cast
- Tommye MyrickMaria Mathis
- Richard RomainPeter Metoyer
- Barbara TaskerDominique
- Ilunga AdellBrother
- Lloyd La CourMr. Metoyer
- Carol SuttonMs. Mathis
- Stephen SeverinBeau
- Noray FrancisBlue
- Lolis Edward ElieLawyer
- Kelli Rene CarpenterTour Guide
- Marie DupreGranny
- Maurice HarrellTicketter
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