Gone Are the Days 1963  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Purlie Victorious
The Man from C.O.T.T.O.N.
Director: Nicholas Webster
Cast: Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Sorrell Booke, Godfrey Cambridge, Hilda Haynes, Alan Alda, Beah Richards, Charles Welch, Ralph Roberts
A self-ordained minister, the Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson (Ossie Davis), returns home to rural Georgia with his wife, Lutiebelle (Ruby Dee). The Reverend wants to purchase an old barn and turn it into a church. With help from the liberal son, Charlie (Alan Alda), of the racially intolerant plantation owner, Ol'Cap' Stonewall Jackson Cotchipee (Sorrell Booke), the barn is purchased and turned into a church. This film captures the theme of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
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The Miracle Worker 1979  TV, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Aaron
Cast: Patty Duke, Melissa Gilbert, Hilda Haynes, Diana Muldaur, Charles Siebert, Anne Seymour, Stanley Wells, Titos Vandis, Byron Green, Noniece Williams, Jonathan Gilbert, James Lee Canady
This is an excellent remake of the powerful story of the interactions between blind, deaf, and mute Helen Keller (Melissa Gilbert) following a bout with scarlet fever and her teacher Annie Sullivan (Patty Duke) who enables Helen to communicate in the real world. Duke, who won an Oscar for her performance as Helen in the 1962 version, plays Annie Sullivan in this made-for-TV film.
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The River Niger 1976 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Krishna Shah
Cast: Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Louis Gossett Jr., Glynn Turman, Roger E. Mosley, Jonelle Allen, Hilda Haynes, Tony Burton, Ralph Wilcox, Teddy Wilson, Shirley Jo Finney, Zakes Mokae, Ed Crick, Charles Weldon
Based on Joseph Walker's Broadway play, this is the story of an African-American family's–Mattie (Cicely Tyson) and her middle-aged house painter husband Johnny (James Earl Jones)–struggling adjustments and conflicting aims in dealing with the world around them. Mattie has learned that she has incurable cancer, and son Jeff (Glynn Turman) returns home with news that he was kicked out of the Air Force Officer's School. Unable to deal with the problems, Johnny goes on a drinking spree and becomes an alcoholic. Will this family be able to adjust and find their place in the world?
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| 1. Gone Are the Days (1963)
aka: Purlie Victorious
aka: The Man from C.O.T.T.O.N.
2. The Miracle Worker (1979)
3. The River Niger (1976)
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