A gathering of old men / Zenith Productions presents a film by Volker Schlöndorff ; written by Charles Fuller ; produced by Gower Frost ; directed by Volker Schlöndorff.
Publisher:
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Louis Gossett Jr., Holly Hunter, Richard Widmark. Title from disc label. Based on the novel, A gathering of old men, by Ernest J. Gaines. Originally broadcast as a made-for-TV movie in 1987.
Summary:
A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer, a racist, is shot. A group of old, black men takes a courageous step by coming forward en masse to take responsibility for the killing. As the sheriff confronts the suspects, the young plantation owner stands alone in her defense of this group of men who stand resolute against decades of injustice.
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