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The Sky Is Gray
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The Sky Is Gray

The Sky Is Gray

The Sky Is Gray

1980
Drama
TV Movie
A young boy named James comes of age in 1940s Louisiana and grapples with what it means to be black during a time of racism and poverty. James's mother accompanies her son to town to see about the boy's nagging toothache, and his journey soon becomes an eye-opening odyssey.

Directed by:

Stan Lathan
Stan-Lathan
28 total credits
Credits include: Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly, Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth, Dave Chappelle: The Closer, Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones and The Age of Spin: Dave Chappelle Live at the Hollywood Palladium

Writers:

Charles Fuller
Charles-Fuller
7 total credits
Credits include: A Soldier's Story, A Gathering of Old Men, 555, Zooman and Love Songs
,
Ernest J. Gaines
Ernest-J-Gaines
4 total credits
Credits include: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, A Gathering of Old Men, A Lesson Before Dying and The Sky Is Gray

Starring:

Henry Fonda
Henry-Fonda
119 total credits
Henry Jaynes Fonda was an American film and stage actor. Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor. He also appeared in 1938 in plays performed in White Plains, New York, with Joan Tompkins. He made his Hollywood debut in 1935, and his career gained momentum after his Academy Award-nominated performance as Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, a 1940 adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel about an Oklahoma family who moved west during the Dust Bowl. Throughout six decades in Hollywood...(Wikipedia)
,
Margaret Avery
Margaret-Avery
23 total credits
Credits include: The Color Purple, Magnum Force, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, White Man's Burden and The Lathe of Heaven
,
Cleavon Little
Cleavon-Little
29 total credits
Cleavon Jake Little (June 1, 1939 - October 22, 1992) was an American film and theatre actor, known for his lead role as Bart in the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles and as the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland in the early 1970s sitcom Temperatures Rising. In 1978 he played "The Prince of Darkness" in the radio station comedy FM. He was also in the 1984 action film Toy Soldiers and acted out the role of Super Soul in the film Vanishing Point in 1971...(Wikipedia)
,
Olivia Cole
Olivia-Cole
10 total credits
Credits include: Some Kind of Hero, Heroes, Big Shots, Go Tell It on the Mountain and The Women of Brewster Place
,
Beverly Johnson
Beverly-Johnson
12 total credits
Credits include: Crossroads, 54, Crossworlds, Ashanti and About Face
,
Hal Williams
Hal-Williams
17 total credits
Credits include: Guess Who, The Rookie, Hardcore, Sanford and Son and The Cherokee Kid
,
James Bond III
James-Bond-III
7 total credits
Credits include: Def by Temptation, Go Tell It on the Mountain and Go Tell It on the Mountain
,
Clinton Derricks-Carroll
Clinton-Derricks-Carroll
4 total credits
Credits include: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, Sanford, When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate and The Sky Is Gray
,
Susan French
Susan-French
3 total credits
Credits include: The Impossible Years, The Sky Is Gray and The Color of Truth
,
Chez Lister
Chez-Lister
1 total credit
Credits include: The Sky Is Gray

Genre:

Drama

Country:

USA

The Sky Is Gray

1980
Drama
TV Movie
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Directed by:

Stan Lathan
Stan-Lathan
28 total credits
Credits include: Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly, Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth, Dave Chappelle: The Closer, Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones and The Age of Spin: Dave Chappelle Live at the Hollywood Palladium

Writers:

Charles Fuller
Charles-Fuller
7 total credits
Credits include: A Soldier's Story, A Gathering of Old Men, 555, Zooman and Love Songs
,
Ernest J. Gaines
Ernest-J-Gaines
4 total credits
Credits include: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, A Gathering of Old Men, A Lesson Before Dying and The Sky Is Gray

Starring:

Henry Fonda
Henry-Fonda
119 total credits
Henry Jaynes Fonda was an American film and stage actor. Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor. He also appeared in 1938 in plays performed in White Plains, New York, with Joan Tompkins. He made his Hollywood debut in 1935, and his career gained momentum after his Academy Award-nominated performance as Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, a 1940 adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel about an Oklahoma family who moved west during the Dust Bowl. Throughout six decades in Hollywood...(Wikipedia)
,
Margaret Avery
Margaret-Avery
23 total credits
Credits include: The Color Purple, Magnum Force, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, White Man's Burden and The Lathe of Heaven
,
Cleavon Little
Cleavon-Little
29 total credits
Cleavon Jake Little (June 1, 1939 - October 22, 1992) was an American film and theatre actor, known for his lead role as Bart in the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles and as the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland in the early 1970s sitcom Temperatures Rising. In 1978 he played "The Prince of Darkness" in the radio station comedy FM. He was also in the 1984 action film Toy Soldiers and acted out the role of Super Soul in the film Vanishing Point in 1971...(Wikipedia)
,
Olivia Cole
Olivia-Cole
10 total credits
Credits include: Some Kind of Hero, Heroes, Big Shots, Go Tell It on the Mountain and The Women of Brewster Place
,
Beverly Johnson
Beverly-Johnson
12 total credits
Credits include: Crossroads, 54, Crossworlds, Ashanti and About Face
,
Hal Williams
Hal-Williams
17 total credits
Credits include: Guess Who, The Rookie, Hardcore, Sanford and Son and The Cherokee Kid
,
James Bond III
James-Bond-III
7 total credits
Credits include: Def by Temptation, Go Tell It on the Mountain and Go Tell It on the Mountain
,
Clinton Derricks-Carroll
Clinton-Derricks-Carroll
4 total credits
Credits include: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, Sanford, When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate and The Sky Is Gray
,
Susan French
Susan-French
3 total credits
Credits include: The Impossible Years, The Sky Is Gray and The Color of Truth
,
Chez Lister
Chez-Lister
1 total credit
Credits include: The Sky Is Gray

Genre:

Drama

Country:

USA
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