Summary
Nathaniel "Cornbread" Hamilton was the black urban dream and a hero to youngsters Wilford Robinson and Earl Carter. Shortly before he would have become the first man from his community to go to college, he demonstrates his scholarship-winning running ability to his friends and admirers in the neighborhood. At the same time, the police are on a manhunt for an armed rapist. They mistake Cornbread for the rapist and shoot him dead in the street. In the aftermath of the community's shattered dream, and in the face of an intimidating police cover-up, Wilford is determined not to betray the memory of his hero.Additional Information
| Subjects |
African American teenagers
-- Drama.
African Americans -- Drama. Basketball players -- Drama. Police shootings -- Drama. South Side (Chicago, Ill.) -- Drama. Film adaptations. Fiction films. Feature films. |
| Publisher | [Chicago, Illinois] :Olive Films,2016 |
| Edition | Widescreen. |
| Other Titles | Hog butcher. |
| Contributors |
Arkoff, Samuel Z.,
1918-2001, presenter. Lamensdorf, Leonard, screenwriter. Manduke, Joseph, film director, film producer. Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993, actor. Cash, Rosalind, actor. Casey, Bernie, actor. Wilkes, Jamaal, 1953- actor. Sinclair, Madge, actor. Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961- actor. Fargas, Antonio, 1946- actor. Byrd, Donald, composer. Fair, Ronald L. Hog butcher. Olive Films, publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
Moses Gunn, Rosalind Cash, Bernie Casey, Keith Wilkes, Madge Sinclair, Laurence Fishburne III, Antonio Fargas. |
| Other Contributors |
Music, Donald Byrd. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
| Language |
English |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1974. Based upon the novel "Hog butcher" by Ronald L. Fair. |
| System Details |
DVD; region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |