This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to "big city" Harlem seeking both salvation and understanding and of a young boy struggling to earn the approval of a self-righteous and often unloving stepfather.
Acting
Paul Winfield's volcanic sermon energy — terrifying and magnetic.
Writing
Baldwin's prose preserved in all its biblical thunder.
Director
Stan Lathan
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