Take a Giant Step
6.9
1959
1 hr 40 min
Drama
This pioneering film in the history of African-American cinema, released two years before "A Raisin In The Sun", is the coming-of-age story of a Black high-school student living in a middle-class white neighborhood in the late '50s.
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- Cast:
- Johnny Nash , Estelle Hemsley , Ruby Dee , Frederick O'Neal , Beah Richards , Ellen Holly , Paulene Myers
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Reviews
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
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It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
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The acting in this movie is really good.
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The movie really just wants to entertain people.
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