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Feb 22, 2019 · HBO has announced an April release date for the modern retelling of Richard Wright’s famous 1940 novel of the same name. The film is directed by Rashid Johnson in his feature filmmaking debut ...
Native Son: Directed by Pierre Chenal. With Richard Wright, Jean Wallace, Gloria Madison, Nicholas Joy. In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
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Nicholas Joy. Henry Dalton. Charles Cane. Detective Britten. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. Author Richard Wright (Richard Wright) portrays his novel's Bigger Thomas, a young ...
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Apr 5, 2019 · Cinematographer Matthew Libatique casts “Native Son” under a gloomy shadow in every frame. The clouds never seem to part, the lightbulbs always seem dim. It’s as if hopelessness follows Bigger through his every waking minute. The only things that break this monotonous gloom are occasional pops of brighter colors.
