Minstrel Man

Minstrel Man

100 mins | Drama, TV Movie | March 2, 1977

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.

Minstrel Man

100 mins | Drama, TV Movie | March 2, 1977

Minstrel Man
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.
Producers Tomorrow Entertainment Inc., First Artists, Roger Gimbel Productions
Original title Minstrel Man
Directors William A. Graham
Writers Richard Alan Shapiro, Esther Shapiro

Cast

Glynn Turman

as Harry Brown Jr.

Ted Ross

as Charlie Bates

Stanley Bennett Clay

as Rennie Brown (as Stanley Clay)

S. Pearl Sharp

as Jesamine (as Saundra Sharp)

Art Evans

as Tambo

Gene Bell

as Harry Brown Sr. - Fat Man

Earl Billings

as George