Release Date

01 Jan, 1980

Runtime

00:46: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

The Sky Is Gray

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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

Crew

Ernest J. Gaines

Larry Pizer

Don De Fina

Henry Shernoff

Loretta Smallwood

Barbara Pokras

Robert Geller

Reuben Cannon

Whitney Green

Marianna Åström-De Fina

Marianna Åström-De Fina

Charles Fuller

Stan Lathan

Webster Lewis