Five on the Black Hand Side

Five on the Black Hand Side is a 1973 comedy film based on the play by Charlie L. Russell. It was shot in Los Angeles, California. Leonard Jackson appeared as John Henry Brooks. He was cast in Steven Spielbergs The Color Purple fifteen years later. Tagline Youve been coffytized, blacularized and superflied but now youre gonna be glorified, unified and filledwithpride... when you see Five on the Black Hand Side.

This relationship between the two parents in this movie got parodied in a skit of the same name on the comedy series In Living Color. The film went into limited release in theaters, but helped launch the careers of Glynn Turman and Janet DuBois he did films and TV, landing mostly AfricanAmerican characters, leading to the role of Bradford Taylor on the TV Show A Different World and she became famous as Willona on the TV hit Good Times.

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