Dutchman Movie Review 1967

Film presentation of Amiri Baraka's one act play depicting the claustrophobic reality of the black man's situation in America. Black man shares subway conversation with a white woman who questions his race and middle class aspirations. Enraged, one takes the other's life.

Distribution

California Newsreel, PO Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407, Phone: (415)284-7800, Toll-free: 877-811-7495, Fax: (802)846-1850, Email: contact@newsreel.org, URL: http://www.newsreel.org

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 55 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Black Culture, Civil Rights

Cast

Al Freeman, Shirley Knight

Director

Anthony Harvey

Music

John Barry

Producer

Gene Persson