Take a Giant Step
19591h 40min
This pioneering film in the history of African-American cinema, released two years before "A Raisin In The Sun", is the coming-of-age story of a Black high-school student living in a middle-class white neighborhood in the late '50s.
Storyline
This pioneering film in the history of African-American cinema, released two years before "A Raisin In The Sun", is the coming-of-age story of a Black high-school student living in a middle-class white neighborhood in the late '50s.
Released
December 1, 1959
Runtime
1h 40min
Director
Budget
$300,000
Genre
Language
English
Production
Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions
Cast
Johnny Nash
Spencer Scott
Estelle Hemsley
Grandmother Martin
Ruby Dee
Christine
Frederick O'Neal
Lem Scott
Beah Richards
May Scott
Ellen Holly
The Girl in the Bar
Paulene Myers
Violet
Royce Wallace
Rose Thompson
Frances Foster
Poppy
Roy Glenn
Minister
Dee Pollock
Tony
Bill Walker
Frank
Bernie Hamilton
Bar Sharpie
Delmar Erickson
Bobby
Sherman Raskin
Alan
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