An “experimental soap opera” centered on a Harlem nurse, her husband, her father-in-law, and her lover.
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Vertamae Grosvenor as Johnnie Mae Brown
Walter Cotton as Charles Brown
Bill Gunn as Mr. Damien
Ishmael Reed as Manager of Doggie Diner
Jim Wright as Father Brown
Margo Williams as Della
Sam Waymon as Raymon
Thommie Blackwell as Bubba
Michele Wallace as Sharon
John H. Wells as Numbers Man
Miamani Mutima as Woman in Café
Carey Barnes as Patient's Uncle
Tres/Marshall M. Johnson, III as Aikijutso Waiter
Michael Watts as Patient
Lester Williams as Patient's Brother
Dr. Alan Beckles as Doctor
Bill Gunn Director
Roberto Polidori Cinematography
Ishmael Reed Executive Producer
Walter Cotton Producer
Roberto Polidori Editor
Kip Hanrahan Editor
Bill Gunn Editor
Carman Moore Original Music Composer
Walter Cotton Editor
Niamani Mutima Editor
Ishmael Reed Writer
Roberto Polidori Director of Photography
United States 30 March 2018
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10 September 1980
A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods.
26 April 1980
A feudal epic presenting the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans.
08 February 1980
Narda receives superhuman powers and becomes Darna. Darna and her child brother Ding start by fighting the Hawk Woman; next they face-off with the Giant, and both foes are destroyed.
27 August 1980
Ambitious Emma Eckhert successfully makes her way into a world previously reserved for men: that of high finance.
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Felipe goes home for a holiday and discovers that everything in town has changed in his absence; old don So-and-so is running around forcing people to sell their farms to him and killing them if they refuse.
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19 September 1980
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