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Brothers(1977)
Status: Released
Date: 1977-03-31
10%
2 Votes
Time: 1h 45m
He was a nobody; a black man in a white man's prison. She was a somebody; a notorious, beautiful, radical black professor. Their love story shocked the nation. This film is that story.
Overview:
Thinly disguised account of the relationship between radical black activist Angela Davis and Black Panther and prison inmate George Jackson, who was one of those killed in a failed 1971 prison breakout.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
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Movie: Brothers
Top 10 Billed Cast
Bernie Casey
David Thomas
Vonetta McGee
Paula Jones
Ron O'Neal
Walter Nance
John Lehne
McGee
Renny Roker
Lewis
Dwan Smith
Kendra
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Overview
Thinly disguised account of the relationship between radical black activist Angela Davis and Black Panther and prison inmate George Jackson, who was one of those killed in a failed 1971 prison breakout.
Release Date
1977-03-31
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He was a nobody; a black man in a white man's prison. She was a somebody; a notorious, beautiful, radical black professor. Their love story shocked the nation. This film is that story.
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