| Brother to Brother | |
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Promotional movie poster for the film |
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| Directed by | Rodney Evans |
| Produced by | Rodney Evans Jim McKay Isen Robbins Aimee Schoof |
| Written by | Rodney Evans |
| Starring | Anthony Mackie Roger Robinson |
| Music by | Barney McAll Marc Anthony Thompson Dave Warrin |
| Cinematography | Harlan Bosmajian |
| Editing by | Sabine Hoffmann |
| Distributed by | Wolfe Releasing |
| Release date(s) | January 17, 2004 |
| Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Brother to Brother is a film written and directed by Rodney Evans and released in 2004. The film debuted at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival before playing the gay and lesbian film festival circuit, with a limited theatrical release in late 2004.
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Art student Perry (Anthony Mackie) befriends an elderly homeless man named Bruce Nugent (Roger Robinson), who turns out to have been an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Through recalling his friendships with other important Harlem Renaissance figures Langston Hughes (Daniel Sunjata), Aaron Douglas, Wallace Thurman and Zora Neale Hurston, Bruce chronicles some of the challenges he faced as a young, black, gay writer in the 1920s. Perry discovers that the challenges of homophobia and racism he faces in the early 21st century closely parallel Bruce's.
Brother to Brother was released on Region 1 DVD on June 14, 2004.