Considered the first feature film directed by an African American woman, trailblazer Jessie Maple's first feature tells the story of a girls’ basketball coach and former athlete, battling heroin addiction as he and his spouse bring up a 12-year-old street kid, “Little Brother,” that they’ve taken in. Maple’s unblinking but compassionate telling of their story renders a Harlem not without its troubles, but brimming with humanity.
Producer: Jessie Maple, Leroy Patton. Director: Jessie Maple. Screenwriter: Anthony Wisdom, Jessie Maple. Based on an original story by Jessie Maple. Cinematographer: Leroy Patton. Editor: Willette Coleman. With: Obaka Adedunyo, Loretta Devine, Robert Dean, Audrey Maple, Ellwoodson Williams. 16mm, color, 70 min.
