Directed by:
Michael RoemerCinematography:
Robert M. YoungCast:
Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, Martin Priest, Julius Harris, Gloria Foster, Yaphet Kotto, Esther Rolle, Gil Rogers, Moses Gunn, Mel Stewart, William Jordan (more)VOD (2)
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Michael Roemer’s groundbreaking first feature, sensitively shot by his close collaborator Robert M. Young, is a still-resonant expression of humanity in the face of virulent prejudice. Made at the height of the civil rights movement, Nothing but a Man reveals the toll of systemic racism through its honest portrait of a southern Black railroad worker (Ivan Dixon) confronting the daily challenges of discrimination and economic precarity, as he attempts to settle down with his new wife (jazz great Abbey Lincoln) and track down his father (Julius Harris). Admired by Malcolm X and now recognized as a landmark of American cinema, this tender film grounds its social critique in characters of unforgettable complexity and truth. (Criterion)
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Ivan Dixon
USA
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
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Porgy and Bess (1959)
Abbey Lincoln
USA
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The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
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Martin Priest
USA
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Julius Harris
USA
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The Blue and the Gray (1982) (series)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
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Gloria Foster
USA
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Yaphet Kotto
USA
Esther Rolle
USA
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Gil Rogers
USA
Best movies:
The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
Blast of Silence (1961)
Parades (1972)
Moses Gunn
USA
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Roots (1977) (series)
Ragtime (1981)
Mel Stewart
USA
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Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Let's Do It Again (1975)
William Jordan
USA
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Tom Ligon
USA
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