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IMDbTelevision DramaTelevision Feature | 1999 | Michael
Outstanding Television Movie or MiniSeries | 1999
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Television Movie or MiniSeries | 1999 | Laurence
Best Sound Editing Television Movies of the Week Dialogue ADR | 1999
Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | 1999 | Laurence
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | 1999
Best Performance in a TV MoviePilotMiniSeries or Series Supporting Young Actor | 1999
The cap that Socrates wears throughout the movie reads "90291", the zip code corresponding to the Los Angeles suburb of Venice (roughly 15 miles west of where this movie takes place). The M'Shalla family moves to Venice at the end of the movie after Howard gets a job there.
Director Michael Apted and star Cicely Tyson (Luvia) died within three weeks of each other; Apted on January 7th, 2021 and Tyson on January 28th, 2021.
The film cast includes three Oscar nominees: Laurence Fishburne, Cicely Tyson and Laurie Metcalf.
Vonte Sweet starred with Laurence Fishburne in Boyz N The Hood (1991) and with Billy Duke in Menace II Society (1993).
"Socrates Fortlow: You and your friends did wrong, Darryl. Now, I'm just talking to you, one black man to another, all right, 'cause, see, if you don't know when you've done wrong, life ain't worth a damn."
"Right Burke: [In narration] Socrates Fortlow. His mother named him Socrates because it was a wise man's name. She couldn't teach him how to write, but she could give him the name of someone smart."