Aaron Loves Angela

Aaron Loves Angela
Directed by Gordon Parks, Jr.
Produced by Robert Anderson
Morton J. Mitosky
Lloyd S. Gilmour Jr.
Written by Gerald Sanford
Starring Moses Gunn
Kevin Hooks
Irene Cara
Music by José Feliciano
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release dates
  • December 25, 1975
Running time
99 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Aaron Loves Angela is a 1975 American Soul Cinema Classic film written by Gerald Sanford and directed by Gordon Parks, Jr. This film stars Moses Gunn, Kevin Hooks and Irene Cara. Both Cara and Hooks made early film appearances in this piece. This is the final film that Gordon Parks, Jr. directed before his death on April 3, 1979.

Plot

Aaron Loves Angela is about two teenagers living in the slums of New York City who are deeply in love with each other. Angela (Irene Cara), who is Puerto Rican, falls in love with Aaron (Kevin Hooks), who is black. Their relationship is not approved by either of their parents. They both rebel against their parents' prejudices, but soon find out that their friends and neighbors share the same prejudices as their parents.

Cast

Soundtrack

Angela
Soundtrack album by Jose Feliciano
Released March 30, 1976
Recorded November, 1975
Genre Pop, jazz
Length 33:52
Label Private Stock Records
Producer José Feliciano
Jose Feliciano chronology

Just Wanna Rock'n'Roll
(1975)
Angela
(1976)
Sweet Soul Music
(1977)

The soundtrack was composed by José Feliciano and Janna Marlyn Feliciano, recorded and performed on the José Feliciano Album "Angela" for Private Stock Records (never released on CD).

  1. "Angela" (performed by José Feliciano)
  2. "Sweet Street" (performed by José Feliciano)
  3. "I've Got Feeling" (performed by José Feliciano)
  4. "Nirvana Part 1 & 2" (performed by José Feliciano)
  5. "Why?" (performed by José Feliciano)
  6. "Michaelangelo" (performed by José Feliciano)
  7. "Salsa Negra" (performed by José Feliciano)
  8. "As Long as I Have You" (performed by José Feliciano)

Not included on the album but in the movie were:

  1. "What I Wanna Do" (performed by José Feliciano)
  2. "Wilfull Strut"

(Both these songs were used as B-sides of the single, "Angela" in different territories)

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