Nothing But a Man

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Nothing but a Man

Nothing but a Man DVD cover
Directed by Michael Roemer
Produced by Michael Roemer
Robert Rubin
Robert M. Young
Written by Michael Roemer
Robert M. Young
Starring Ivan Dixon
Abbey Lincoln
Release date(s) September 19, 1964 (New York Film Festival)
Running time 95 min.
Language English
IMDb profile

Nothing But a Man is a 1964 movie about an African American man in the American South who wants to be treated as "nothing but a man", instead of a "boy". It stars Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, Julius Harris, Gloria Foster, Martin Priest, Leonard Parker, and Yaphet Kotto.

The movie was written by Michael Roemer and Robert M. Young and directed by Roemer. The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

Nothing But a Man is reputedly the favorite film of Malcom X.

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