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Aaron Loves Angela is a 1975 American comedy-drama film written by Gerald Sanford and directed by Gordon Parks Jr. It stars Moses Gunn, Kevin Hooks and Irene Cara.
Dec 25, 1975 · Aaron Loves Angela: Directed by Gordon Parks Jr.. With Moses Gunn, Kevin Hooks, Irene Cara, Robert Hooks. In New York City, a young black boy and Puerto Rican girl fall in love despite objections from each other's families.
Aaron Loves Angela. 1975 · 1 hr 40 min. R. Romance · Drama. 1970s cult-classic echoing the forbidden love of “Romeo and Juliet” as a Black teen and his Latina girlfriend fight for their love in 1970s Harlem.
Aaron (Kevin Hooks) is a gifted black ballplayer in Harlem, N.Y., whose father (Moses Gunn) expects Aaron to have the basketball career he never had. Angela (Irene Cara) is a Puerto Rican girl...
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Aaron and Angela, two young adults living in the Harlem ghetto of New York City, are deeply in love with each other. The only thing standing in the way of their love is their families. Aaron is Black, Angela is Puerto Rican, and neither family wants one of their own to associate with the others.
A Black aspiring basketball star and his Puerto Rican girlfriend struggle against the harsh realities of family prejudice and life in the ghetto.
Aaron Loves Angela (1975) is a tough and tender coming of age drama set in Harlem. Kevin Hooks plays Aaron, a high school basketball star from a predominantly black neighborhood, and Irene Cara is Angela, a Puerto Rican girl from Spanish Harlem.
