Five on the Black Hand Side

Five on the Black Hand Side

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Family Relationships | Blaxploitation Cinema

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  • Genre(s): Comedy
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Oscar Williams, Edward Teets, Marvin Weldon, Xavier Reyes
  • Cast(s): Clarice Taylor, Leonard Jackson, Virginia Capers, Glynn Turman, Dick Anthony Williams See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 36min
  • Music: Milton Lustig,Bernard F. Pincus,Richard Wagner,Ronald L. Stirling,H.B. Barnum
  • Award(s): Image 1975 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Eternity, People We Meet on Vacation
  • Story:
    Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values when his previously docile wife (Clarice Taylor) joins their three children in rebelling against her husband's retrogressive behavior.
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STORY

Story
Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values when his previously docile wife (Clarice Taylor) joins their three children in rebelling against her husband's retrogressive behavior.

AWARDS

Nominations
Image Award

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | 1975 | Leonard

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | 1975 | Clarice

TRIVIA

Trivia

The actors in this movie would later have connections to iconic Black movies and TV shows from the 70s and 80s: Leonard Jackson played in "Car Wash"; Sonny Jim (Gaines), Ja'net DuBois, Brenda Sutton, and Clarice Taylor made appearances on "Sanford and Son; Clarice Taylor would also appear on "The Cosby Show"; Glynn Turman would play in "Cooley High" and "A Different World"; Ja'net DuBois and Carl Franklin would appear in "Good Times".

The poster art is by MAD magazine artist Jack Davis.

Elements from The "Barber Shop Rap" would later be incorporated into the Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight".