The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic80/100
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
11 audience votes
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
Stills
Themes
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