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In "Long black song," a hard-working farmer invests what little he has in a gift for his wife, while back home, she falls for the advances of a traveling salesman. A small-town principal risks his career to defend a young boy's image of a black Christ painted for a state-wide competit...

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Format: Video Software
Language:English
Published: New York HBO Home Video 1996
Series:HBO original movies
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Summary:In "Long black song," a hard-working farmer invests what little he has in a gift for his wife, while back home, she falls for the advances of a traveling salesman. A small-town principal risks his career to defend a young boy's image of a black Christ painted for a state-wide competition in "The boy who painted Christ black." A jazz-joint piano player in "The Reunion" comes to terms with prejudices that have haunted her since childhood, when she is confronted by the source of her pain
Item Description:DVD; stereo, Dolby surround. - Originally broadcast in 1996
Danny Glover (Long black song); Wesley Snipes, Jasmine Guy (The boy who painted Christ black); Lorraine Toussaint (The Reunion)
Music, Patrice Rushen ; producer, David Knoller ; executive producers, Danny Glover, Carolyn McDonald ; teleplay/co-producers, Ron Stacker Thompson, Ashley Tyler
Long black song / based on the short story by Richard Wright ; director, Kevin Rodney Sullivan -- The boy who painted Christ black / based on the short story by John Henrik Clarke ; director, Bill Duke -- The reunion / based on the short story by Maya Angelou ; director, Paris Barclay
Physical Description:1 videodisc (86 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in

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