Nothing But a Man (1964)
Average Rating: 7.8/10
Reviews Counted: 14
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 1
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Average Rating: 8.4/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 0
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A landmark independent film, Nothing but a Man is the first dramatic story featuring a largely black cast created for an integrated audience (the work of black filmmakers such as Oscar Micheaux was intended for audiences who patronized black-only theaters). White filmmakers Michael Roemer and Robert M. Young traveled through the South in 1962 in search of ideas for a fiction feature set during the growing turbulence of the civil rights era. Their story, based in Alabama but shot in southern New
Jan 1, 1963 Wide
Sep 28, 2004
$9.2k
New Video
Cast
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Ivan Dixon
Duff Anderson -
Abbey Lincoln
Josie Dawson -
Gloria Foster
Lee -
Martin Priest
Driver -
Leonard Parker
Frankie -
Yaphet Kotto
Jocko -
Helen Lounck
Effie Simms -
Milton Williams
Pop -
Mel Stewart
Riddick -
Helene Anindell
Doris -
Jay Brooks
Undertaker -
Peter Carew
Store Keeper -
Stanley Green
Rev. Dawson -
Moses Gunn
Mill Hands -
Julius Harris
Will Anderson -
Gertrude Jeanette
Mrs. Dawson -
William Jordan
Teenager -
Tom Ligon
Teenager -
Charles MacRae
Joe -
Alfred Puryear
Barney -
Gil Rogers
Mill Foreman -
Esther Rolle
Church Woman -
Walter Wilson
Car Owner -
Richard Ward
Mill Hands -
William Phillips
Car Passenger -
Jim Wright
Bartender -
Richard Weber
Bud Ellis -
Ed Rowan
Willie -
Robert Berger
Desk Clerk -
Dorothy Hall
Soloist -
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All Critics (16) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (1) | DVD (3)
The title almost suggests manhood as something trifling. The film, however, confirms it's a mighty hard ideal to reach.
Top CriticIts historical import as a peripheral civil-rights document can't be understated.
[Roemer] and his collaborators create images and sounds, characters and situations, that embody the title's existential affirmation.
A sincere, intelligent, and effectively acted independent feature.
Roemer had little more than his wits and good intentions to work with, and that DIY attitude makes the movie reverberate like a blues chord.
It can't be overstated just how Nothing But a Man is militantly tone-deaf to the Hollywood muzak of race relations.
It is difficult to fathom the long obscurity of this sincere, compassionate film.
an uplifting film that goes beyond issues of race, class, and prejudice
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Foreign Titles
- Nothing But a Man (1963) (DE)
- Nothing But a Man (1963) (UK)
