| Brother From Another Planet | |||||
| Digital 1 Stop (1984) | |||||
| Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction | |||||
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| Joe Morton | The Brother | |
| Rosanna Carter | West Indian Woman | |
| Ray Ramirez | Hispanic Man | |
| Yves Rene | Haitian Man | |
| Peter Richardson | Islamic Man | |
| Ginny Yang | Korean Shopkeeper | |
| Daryl Edwards | Fly | |
| Steve James | Odell | |
| Leonard Jackson | Smokey | |
| Bill Cobbs | Walter | |
| Maggie Renzi | Noreen | |
| Olga Merediz | Noreen's Client | |
| Tom Wright | Sam | |
| Minnie Gentry | Mrs. Brown | |
| Ren Woods | Bernice |
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| Producer | Peggy Rajski
Magie Renzi |
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| Writer | John Sayles
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| Cinematography | Ernest R. Dickerson
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| Musician | Mason Daring
Martin Brody |
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The Brother is an alien who has crash-landed on Earth, in New York City. While mute, strongly empathic, and able to fix things, he resembles a Black man with strange feet. His attempt to make a place for himself in Harlem is an allegory for the immigrant experience in the United States. Meanwhile, two bounty hunters from the Brother's home planet arrive and try to capture him |
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