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Five on the Black Hand Side
“You've been coffy-tized, blacula-rized and super-flied - but now you're gonna be glorified, unified and filled-with-pride... when you see”
7.2 / 10• 1973• 1h 36m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values when his previously docile wife (Clarice Taylor) joins their three children in rebelling against her husband's retrogressive behavior.
Cast & Crew
Clarice Taylor
Mrs. Brooks
Lead
Leonard Jackson
Mr. Brooks
Virginia Capers
Ruby
Glynn Turman
Gideon
Dick Anthony Williams
Preston
Carl Franklin
Marvin
Ja'net DuBois
Stormy Monday
D'Urville Martin
Booker T.
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Oscar Williams's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Five on the Black Hand Side is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
