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Dec 8, 2010 · Not a revolt powerful enough to topple the government, but one intense enough to threaten its expectations. Then the war was over, the draft was ended, and the moment had passed. “Night Catches Us” takes place in Philadelphia of 1976 when the Black Panthers are still alive in the memory.
When ex-Black Panther Marcus (Anthony Mackie) returns to Philadelphia for the funeral of his father, he knows it's not going to be an easy visit. Many of his old radical friends, including ...
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- Tanya Hamilton
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- Anthony Mackie
Night Catches Us: Directed by Tanya Hamilton. With Anthony Mackie, Jamara Griffin, Sadiq Afif, Shango Rich. In 1976, complex political and emotional forces are set in motion when a young man returns to the race-torn Philadelphia neighborhood where he came of age during the Black Power movement.
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- Drama, Romance
- Tanya Hamilton
- 2010-12-03
Dec 10, 2010 · “Night Catches Us,” as its title hints, focuses on the almost unbearable weight of the past and the power it can have to overshadow and suffocate the present with the taint of secrets inside...
Night Catches Us is a 2010 drama film directed and written by Tanya Hamilton and stars Kerry Washington, Anthony Mackie, Jamie Hector, Wendell Pierce and Novella Nelson. Plot. In 1976, former Black Panther Marcus (Anthony Mackie) returns to his Philadelphia neighborhood to attend his father's funeral.
Dec 3, 2010 · Writer-director Tanya Hamilton's intellectually ambitious debut drama Night Catches Us is all the more notable for setting well-drawn fictional characters in a fraught, real moment in civil rights history.
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Dec 7, 2010 · Boxoffice Magazine. Dec 7, 2010. This intelligent, emotional drama should resonate strongly with fans of character-driven stories and those interested in tales of American political struggle. Read More. By Pam Grady FULL REVIEW. 80. The New York Times. Dec 7, 2010. Ms. Hamilton tells a modest, complex story with admirable clarity and nuance.
