{"product_id":"nothing-but-a-man","title":"Nothing But a Man","description":"Amazon.com\n\nFrom the era when American films almost never put black characters at the center of a movie, Nothing but a Man stands like a beacon of intelligence and sympathy. It was shot in 1964 at the height of the Civil Rights movement by two Jewish white men, director Michael Roemer and cinematographer Robert M. Young, who wrote the script after traveling through the South and immersing themselves in African American life. Ivan Dixon (later of Hogan's Heroes) plays a railroad worker who settles down to marry a preacher's daughter (jazz singer Abbey Lincoln), only to find that the system is rigged against him. The film is not condescending or idealizing in its approach; some of the problems of the characters are outside the reality of racism. Aside from its status as a landmark social-issue film, it is good to recognize, 40 years on, what a terrific piece of filmmaking this is, with fine acting (Yaphet Kotto and Gloria Foster are in the cast), lucid dialogue, and a fresh feeling for everyday domestic life. --Robert Horton\n\nProduct Description\n\nA landmark independent film, NOTHING BUT MAN is one of the most sincere and sensitive pictures ever made about the struggles and hardships of Black life in 1960s America. Lauded by critics at the Venice and New York film festivals when it first premiered\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0002JUX42\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B0002JUX42.N\u003cbr\u003eCondition: New\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Ivan Dixon|Abbey Lincoln|Julius Harris|Gloria Foster|Yaphet Kotto|Martin Priest|Leonard Parker|Stanley Greene|Walter Willison|Helen Lounck|Helene Arrindell|Mel Stewart|Michael Roemer|Robert M. Young\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Dvd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41705703899194,"sku":"DBV.B0002JUX42.N","price":31.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B0002JUX42-0.jpg?v=1790569765","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/nothing-but-a-man","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}