Brother to Brother (2004)

Director
Rodney Evans

Main cast
Anthony Mackie; Lawrence Gilliard Jr.; Duane Boutte; Daniel Sunjata; Alex Burns

Genres
Drama

Description
A drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless shelter.


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