Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)

 

Release date: May 21, 1975

Director: Joseph Manduke

Writer(s): Ronald Fair (novel), Leonard Lamensdorf

Starring: Moses Gunn, Rosalind Cash, Bernie Casey

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High school basketball star Nathaniel "Cornbread" Hamilton (Keith Wilkes) is the pride of his urban neighborhood, and he appears destined for big things on the court and in the classroom. But a dare leads to a fatal misunderstanding when Nathaniel is shot dead by police who take him for someone who's just committed a violent crime. As police officers try to protect one of their own, members of the oppressed African-American community do what they must in order to find justice.

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