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
28 total credits
Stan Lathan has 28 credits at Criticker, including: 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
7 total credits
Charles Fuller has 7 credits at Criticker, including: A Soldier's Story, A Gathering of Old Men, 555, Zooman and Love Songs
4 total credits
Ernest J. Gaines has 4 credits at Criticker, including: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, A Gathering of Old Men, A Lesson Before Dying and The Sky Is Gray
Starring:
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)
23 total credits
Margaret Avery has 23 credits at Criticker, including: The Color Purple, Magnum Force, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, White Man's Burden and The Lathe of Heaven
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)
10 total credits
Olivia Cole has 10 credits at Criticker, including: Some Kind of Hero, Heroes, Big Shots, Go Tell It on the Mountain and The Women of Brewster Place
12 total credits
Beverly Johnson has 12 credits at Criticker, including: Crossroads, 54, Crossworlds, Ashanti and About Face
17 total credits
Hal Williams has 17 credits at Criticker, including: Guess Who, The Rookie, Hardcore, Sanford and Son and The Cherokee Kid
7 total credits
James Bond III has 7 credits at Criticker, including: Def by Temptation, Go Tell It on the Mountain and Go Tell It on the Mountain
4 total credits
Clinton Derricks-Carroll has 4 credits at Criticker, including: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, Sanford, When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate and The Sky Is Gray
3 total credits
Susan French has 3 credits at Criticker, including: The Impossible Years, The Sky Is Gray and The Color of Truth
Ratings & Reviews
Cast & Info
Directed by:
Stan Lathan 28 total credits
Stan Lathan has 28 credits at Criticker, including: 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 7 total credits
Charles Fuller has 7 credits at Criticker, including: A Soldier's Story, A Gathering of Old Men, 555, Zooman and Love Songs
4 total credits
Ernest J. Gaines has 4 credits at Criticker, including: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, A Gathering of Old Men, A Lesson Before Dying and The Sky Is Gray
Starring:
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)
23 total credits
Margaret Avery has 23 credits at Criticker, including: The Color Purple, Magnum Force, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, White Man's Burden and The Lathe of Heaven
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)
10 total credits
Olivia Cole has 10 credits at Criticker, including: Some Kind of Hero, Heroes, Big Shots, Go Tell It on the Mountain and The Women of Brewster Place
12 total credits
Beverly Johnson has 12 credits at Criticker, including: Crossroads, 54, Crossworlds, Ashanti and About Face
17 total credits
Hal Williams has 17 credits at Criticker, including: Guess Who, The Rookie, Hardcore, Sanford and Son and The Cherokee Kid
7 total credits
James Bond III has 7 credits at Criticker, including: Def by Temptation, Go Tell It on the Mountain and Go Tell It on the Mountain
4 total credits
Clinton Derricks-Carroll has 4 credits at Criticker, including: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, Sanford, When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate and The Sky Is Gray
3 total credits
Susan French has 3 credits at Criticker, including: The Impossible Years, The Sky Is Gray and The Color of Truth
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