Title from sell sheet. Mary Alice, Danny Glover. Originally released as a motion picture in 1990. Wide screen (1.85:1). Special features: New interview programs; A walk with Charles Burnett; short video tribute to Burneet; essay by critic Ashley Clark.
Summary:
Harry, a devilish charmer, turns up out of the blue on the South Central Los Angeles doorstep of his old friends. In short order, Harry₂s presence turns a seemingly peaceful household upside down, exposing smoldering tensions between parents and children, tradition and change, virtue and temptation. Interweaving evocative strains of gospel and blues with rich, poetic-realist images, it is a sublimely stirring film from an autonomous artistic sensibility, a portrait of family resilience.
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