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The Sky Is Gray (1980)
Directed by Stan Lathan
Overview
From Ernest J. Gaines, author of “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” comes a deceptively simple, yet emotionally complex tale of a young boy’s discovery of what it’s like to be black in Louisiana during the 1940’s. James, the boy in question, has a raging toothache that necessitates a trip to the dentist. His mother (played by Emmy-winner Olivia Cole), accompanies James to town on an eye-opening odyssey where the boy gains valuable insights into poverty, racism - and his own sense of pride. With an exciting musical score by Webster Lewis, this multi-award winning film explores a child’s discovery that the world is a complicated place… where things are never truly black or white… only shades of gray.
Length 46 minutes
Actors
Olivia Cole | James Bond III | Margaret Avery | Cleavon Little | Chez Lister | Susan French | Clinton Derricks-Carroll | Hal Williams | Roberta Jean Williams | Hilda Haynes | Lynn Arden | Reuben Collins | Beverly Johnson | Kenneth Johnson | Macon McCalman | Melvina Smedley | Julie Vails | Les Williams | Henry Fonda