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Native Son

Celebrating Black Stories • 1h 55m

Directed by Pierre Chenal • Drama • 1951 • Argentina • English
Starring Richard Wright, Jean Wallace, Gloria Madison

A new restoration of the 1951 film version of Richard Wright's novel, "Native Son" exposes the injustices of urban African-American life through the eyes of Bigger Thomas, played by Wright himself, whose violent tendencies and moral confusion were the natural result of a lifetime of deprivation.

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