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Sep 14, 1984 · The Brother from Another Planet: Directed by John Sayles. With Joe Morton, Rosanna Carter, Ray Ramirez, Yves Rene. A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.
The Brother from Another Planet is a 1984 low-budget American science fiction film, written and directed by John Sayles. The film stars Joe Morton as an escaped extraterrestrial slave trying to find a new life on Earth. [3]
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The Brother is an alien who has crash-landed on Earth, in New York City. While mute, strongly empathic, and able to fix things, he resembles a Black man with strange feet. His attempt to make a place for himself in Harlem is an allegory for the immigrant experience in the United States.
The film stars Joe Morton as a visitor from outer space, who looks like a black human being, unless you look carefully at the three funny toes on his feet. He arrives on Earth in a spaceship that looks borrowed from the cheapest B space operas from the 1950s, swims ashore, and finds himself on Manhattan Island.
Featuring director John Sayles trademark humanity and an expressive performance from Joe Morton, The Brother from Another Planet is an observant, dryly comic sci-fi gem. Read Critics Reviews ...
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An alien slave crash-lands in New York City while being pursued by two Men in Black bounty hunters. His attempt to find a place for himself on Earth parallels that of the immigrant experience.
The Brother From Another Planet. 1984 · 1 hr 50 min. R. Comedy · Sci-Fi · Independent. A mute, human-like alien crash lands in Harlem and is adopted by the local residents, while bounty hunters from his home planet are hot on his trail.
The Brother From Another Planet. 1984 · 1 hr 50 min. R. Comedy · Sci-Fi. Outer-space bounty hunters chase a non-speaking alien with the appearance of a black human through the streets of Harlem, New York.
An alien in the guise of a mute African-American man lands in Harlem and tries to fit into the neighborhood, but also discovers how difficult people of his color have it on this planet.
