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As a more divine
and New Testament parallel, Sidney Poitier starred as Brother John. In this fantasy,
Poitier is a modest stranger dropped into a conflict zone,
withholding approval and judgment as a taciturn angel of death
torn between the past and the present. This well-meaning fable
serves to reflect Poitier's own plight. Ossie Davis followed up
Cotton Comes to Harlem with a drama that focused on the tensions
of generations of Black women in a single household. Dear Lord, if you help me
get this house for my mother, I'll never ask you
for anything else, amen
and New Testament parallel, Sidney Poitier starred as Brother John. In this fantasy,
Poitier is a modest stranger dropped into a conflict zone,
withholding approval and judgment as a taciturn angel of death
torn between the past and the present. This well-meaning fable
serves to reflect Poitier's own plight. Ossie Davis followed up
Cotton Comes to Harlem with a drama that focused on the tensions
of generations of Black women in a single household. Dear Lord, if you help me
get this house for my mother, I'll never ask you
for anything else, amen
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As a more divine
and New Testament parallel,
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Sidney Poitier starred as Brother John.
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In this fantasy,
Poitier is a modest stranger
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dropped into a conflict zone,
withholding approval and judgment
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as a taciturn angel of death
torn between the past and the present.
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This well-meaning fable
serves to reflect Poitier's own plight.
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Ossie Davis followed up
Cotton Comes to Harlem
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with a drama that focused on the tensions
of generations of Black women
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in a single household.
00:00:32.282 --> 00:00:34.784
Dear Lord, if you help me
get this house for my mother,
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I'll never ask you
for anything else, amen.
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Movie Summary
Tracks the history of Black cinema, focused mainly on the '70s, with archival and new interviews with many of the key players from the era.
