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Take a Giant Step (1959)

Movie"From Playground to hunting ground - in a bar!"
Audience Score
52
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NR 1 hr 40 minDec 1st, 1959Drama
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This pioneering film in the history of African-American cinema, released two years before "A Raisin In The Sun", is the coming-of-age story of a Black high-school student living in a middle-class white neighborhood in the late '50s.
StarringJohnny NashEstelle HemsleyRuby Dee
DirectorPhilip Leacock

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:December 1st, 1959
Movie Budget:$300,000
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions
Movie Tags:
high school