Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)

Directors

Joseph Manduke

Cast

Moses Gunn, Rosalind Cash, Bernie Casey, Madge Sinclair, Laurence Fishburne, Thalmus Rasulala

The story

The film focuses on three African-American youths living in an urban neighborhood. Nathaniel Hamilton is a star basketball player from the neighborhood, nicknamed "Cornbread." In the film, he epitomizes the dream of the neighborhood to be successful, as he is about to become the first from his district to enter college on an athletic scholarship. He is also a local hero to the much younger friends Earl Carter and Wilford Robinson.

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