Independence Day (1976)

In this drama that was a UCLA student thesis expanded to feature length two AfricanAmericans come from Tennessee to Los Angeles The man will not marry the woman as he has just been released from prison and cannot commit himself He ends up working in a factory while she gets a job as a maid The two split up after he gets involved in a strike She goes to school but ends up laid off from a good paying job Later the two meet again Both are surprised by the great changes in their lives since they have been apart