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A Gathering of Old Men is a novel by Ernest J. Gaines published in 1983. Set on a 1970s Louisiana cane farm, the novel addresses racial discrimination in the post-civil rights era South. The novel's title characters each admit to the murder of Beau, a Cajun farmer, in an effort to protect the guilty party, and view their stand as a development ...
- Ernest J. Gaines
- 1983
Jan 1, 2001 · Ernest J. Gaines's novel A Gathering of Old Men is set on a sugarcane plantation in Louisiana in the 1970s. There, one white woman and about 18 armed, old black men go nose-to-nose with the sheriff and his inept deputy over the death of a Cajun farmer.
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- Paperback
- Ernest J. Gaines
May 10, 1987 · A TV movie based on a play by Charles Fuller, about a group of old black men who claim responsibility for killing a white racist farmer in Louisiana. The movie features Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Widmark, Holly Hunter and other actors, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy.
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- Drama
- Volker Schlöndorff
- 1987-05-10
A Gathering of Old Men, published in 1983, is a novel by African American author Ernest J. Gaines. When a white Cajun farmer is found dead on a plantation in 1970s Louisiana, a group of elderly Black men step forward, each claiming responsibility to protect a younger Black man accused of the crime.
Jun 30, 1992 · A Gathering of Old Men. Paperback – June 30, 1992. by Ernest J. Gaines (Author) 4.7 678 ratings. See all formats and editions. A powerful depiction of racial tensions arising over the death of a Cajun farmer at the hands of a black man--set on a Louisiana sugarcane plantation in the 1970s.
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- Ernest J. Gaines
- $9.79
- Vintage
A Gathering of Old Men takes place on the Marshall Plantation in Bayonne Louisiana. The plantation's Cajun work boss, Beau Baton, has been murdered just before the novel begins.
A Gathering of Old Men is a 1987 American-German television drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff and based on the novel of the same name. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. The film was released as television film in the US.
