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Although Dave (LeVar Burton) and his family are poor sharecroppers in the Deep South in the 1930s, this 15-year-old's problem is shared by teenagers today: he stands with one foot in adulthood and the other in childhood. "Almos' A Man", yet still treated like a child, he struggles for an identity. There's one thing, one symbol of manhood, Dave thinks, that could guarantee him instant respect: a gun.
Keywords
coming of age
sharecropper
literary adaptation
tv adaptation
period piece
deep south
Casts

Colleen Dewhurst
Self - Series Hostess

LeVar Burton
Dave

Madge Sinclair
Essie

Robert DoQui
Bob Glover

Garry Goodrow
Mr. Hawkins

Robert Easton
Mr. Joe
Christopher Brooks
Field Boss
Roy Andrews
Field Hand

Robin Reed
Booker
Crews
Leslie Lee
Teleplay

Richard Wright
Short Story
Nelson Stoll
Sound Mixer

Tak Fujimoto
Cinematography

Stan Lathan
Director
Robert Geller
Producer

Taj Mahal
Music
Dan McCann
Producer
Robert Estrin
Editor
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