Claudine / Twentieth Century-Fox presents ; a Third World Cinema production presented in association with Joyce Selznick and Tina Pine ; original screenplay by Tina and Lester Pine ; produced by Hannah Weinstein ; directed by John Berry.
James Earl Jones, Diahann Carroll, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Tamu, David Kruger, Yvette Curtis, Eric Jones, Socorro Stephens, Adam Wade, Roxie Roker. Title and credits from screen. Originally released as a motion picture in 1974. Wide screen (1.85:1). Booklet with program notes and credits in English (1 folded sheet (12 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations) inserted in container. Special features: commentary soundtrack from 2003 featuring actors Diahann Carroll, James Earl Jones, and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, filmmaker George Tillman Jr., and Dan Pine, son of screenwriters Lester Pine and Tina Pine; new conversation on the film between filmmaker Robert Townsend and programmer Ashley Clark; illustrated audio excerpts from a 1974 AFI Harold Lloyd master seminar featuring Carroll; new interview with film critic Imogen Sara Smith on director John Berry; essay by Danielle A. Jackson.
Summary:
Claudine is a strong-willed single mother, raising six kids in Harlem, whose budding relationship with a gregarious garbage collector is stressed by the difficulty of getting by in an oppressive system. This romantic comedy with a social conscience deftly balances warm humor with a serious look at the myriad issues, from cycles of poverty to the indignities of the welfare system, that shape its charactersâ‚‚ realities. The result is a bittersweet, bighearted celebration of family and community.
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