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      • The film in its entirety was scored by The Roots, a hip-hop band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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  2. 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.

  3. 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
  4. Jan 26, 2010 · She’s given the film a vintage feel and set it all to a jazz-inflected score by classic Philly hip-hop group the Roots.

  5. Dec 3, 2010 · Marcus befriends Pat's young daughter and attempts to conquer his demons. Interfering with Marcus's good intentions are the neighborhood's continuing racial and social conflicts, as well as old enemies and friends -- both with scores to settle.

  6. Dec 2, 2010 · The musical score, by the Roots, combines strands of ’70s soul and funk (from Philadelphia and elsewhere) with hip-hop inflections, while Syl Johnson’s great post-civil rights lament “Is It ...

    • Tanya Hamilton
  7. Dec 8, 2010 · In the late 1960s, revolution seemed to be in the air. 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.

  8. Mar 18, 2010 · Set in a 1976 Philadelphia still grappling with its Black Panthers legacy, writer-director Tanya Hamilton’s film pivots around the return of Marcus (Anthony Mackie) for his dad’s funeral after a four-year absence motivated by the community-wide belief that he sold out his Panther mate to the Feds, resulting in his death.

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