Five on the Black Hand Side

Name: Five on the Black Hand Side
Genre: comedy
Released: 1973
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Clarice Taylor, Leonard Jackson, Virginia Capers, Glynn Turman, Dick Anthony Williams

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A family confronts patriarchal control and cultural divides during a wedding weekend, ultimately achieving unity through mutual respect.

Comedy · 7.2/10 · 96 min · 1973

Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values when his previously docile wife (Clarice Taylor) joins their three children in rebelling against her husband's retrogressive behavior.

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director

Oscar Williams
teleplay

Charlie L. Russell
actor

as Mrs. Brooks

Clarice Taylor
actor

as Mr. Brooks

Leonard Jackson
actor

as Ruby

Virginia Capers

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