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| Director: | Michael Apted | 
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| Writer: | Walter Mosley | 
| Staring: | 
| An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More importantly he touches the lives of many of his neighbors including an older man dying of cancer, a young married couple whose husband is too proud to accept a lesser position which causes strife with his wife, and a young boy on the verge of getting in trouble with street gangs. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 21, 1998 | 
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| Director: | Michael Apted | 
| Writer: | Walter Mosley | 
| Genres: | Drama, TV Movie | 
| Keywords | cancer, gang, los angeles, california, ex-con | 
| Production Companies | HBO, Palomar Pictures | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Laurence Fishburne | Socrates Fortlow | 
| Daniel Williams | Darryl | 
| Bill Cobbs | Right Burke | 
| Natalie Cole | Iula Brown | 
| Laurie Metcalf | Halley Grimes | 
| Cicely Tyson | Luvia | 
| Bridgid Coulter | Corina M'Shalla | 
| Bill Nunn | Howard M'Shalla | 
| Isaiah Washington | Wilfred | 
| Bill Duke | Blackbird Wills | 
| Kevin Carroll | Pegus | 
| Jamaal Carter | Phillip | 
| John Toles-Bey | Stoney Wiley | 
| Brooke Marie Bridges | Winnie M'Shalla | 
| John Gavigan | Mr. Keene | 
| Sammi Rotibi | Marlow Bitta | 
| Art Evans | Markham Peale | 
| Danny Goldring | Parker | 
| Dan Martin | Weems | 
| Paula Jai Parker | Melodie | 
| Vonte Sweet | Shep Fegel | 
| Kelvin Garvanne | Lover | 
| Crystal LaPrie | Lover | 
| Mykel Taylor | Felix Waldron Wallace | 
| Mary-Michelle Trinity | Mrs. Wallace | 
| Erika LaVonn | Charla | 
| John Wesley | Store Manager | 
| John Cothran | Man In Community Center | 
| Sonya Haynes | Defoe | 
| Greg Bird | Domino Player #1 | 
| Norman D. Wilson | Domino Player #2 | 
| Regan Forman | Telephonist | 
| Zaid Farid | Bus Driver | 
| Darren O'Bannon | Leroy Wade | 
| Maurice Blake | Posse Member | 
| Lawrence Hales | Posse Member | 
| David Gramling | Posse Member | 
| Alan Wilder | Anton Crier | 
| Dana Kristen Vahle | Helicopter Pilot | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Dalia Nissim | Production Accountant | 
| Walter Mosley | Novel, Teleplay | 
| John Bailey | Director of Photography | 
| Eric A. Norris | Sound Effects Editor | 
| John Brace | Casting | 
| Linda Lowy | Casting | 
| Keith Brian Burns | Production Design | 
| K-Bobby | Hairstylist | 
| Klexius Kolby | Makeup Artist | 
| Judith Blume | Post Production Supervisor | 
| Jane Nerlinger Evans | Executive In Charge Of Production | 
| Jack L. Murray | Production Supervisor | 
| Ashley Burnham | Assistant Art Director | 
| Tomas Sallvin | Construction Foreman | 
| Mike Wells | Construction Coordinator | 
| Robert Janiger | Sound Engineer | 
| Gary Krause | Sound Effects Editor | 
| Adam Sawelson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Richard Taylor | Supervising Sound Editor | 
| R. Michael Stringer | Grip | 
| Richard Turner | Camera Operator | 
| Lucyna Wojciechowski | First Assistant Editor | 
| Joshua Winget | Music Editor | 
| Jim Chesney | Transportation Coordinator | 
| Susan J. Bonno-Buckner | Production Accountant | 
| Benita Brazier | Script Supervisor | 
| Kathy Edwards | Production Accountant | 
| Robert Foulkes | Location Scout | 
| Kevin Halloran | Location Manager | 
| Michael Kehoe | Craft Service | 
| Bob Greene | Still Photographer | 
| Chris Ubick | Property Master | 
| Michael Apted | Director | 
| Michael Franti | Music | 
| Rick Shaine | Editor | 
| Skot Bright | Executive In Charge Of Production | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Jeffrey Downer | Producer | 
| Jonathon Ker | Producer | 
| Jeanney Kim | Producer | 
| Anne-Marie Mackay | Producer | 
| Helen McCusker | Producer | 
| Laurence Fishburne | Executive Producer | 
| Walter Mosley | Executive Producer | 
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