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Minstrel Man

0 %|Mar 2, 1977|Drama, TV Movie

Two black brothers in a traveling minstrel show in the early part of the twentieth century have two different goals. One brother is determined to succeed in a field that is dominated by white performers in blackface, and the other is a composer fighting to break away from the stereotypes associated with black minstrel performers.

Featured Crew

Esther Shapiro
Writer
Donald McKayle
Choreographer
Edward L. Rissien
Executive Producer
Richard Alan Shapiro
Writer
Mitchell Brower
Producer
Robert Lovenheim
Producer
Ronald J. Fagan
Editor
Fred Karlin
Music

Cast

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Glynn Turman
Harry Brown Jr.
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Ted Ross
Charlie Bates
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Stanley Bennett Clay
Rennie Brown (as Stanley Clay)
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S. Pearl Sharp
Jesamine (as Saundra Sharp)
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Gene Bell
Harry Brown Sr. - Fat Man