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Nothing But a Man

1964 · 1h 35m Drama, Romance
Directed by Michael Roemer

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Overview

A proud black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.

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95%
Tomatometer
Fresh

So astute about the economic and racial politics of the Jim Crow South, and particularly about the trauma suffered by black men struggling for respectability, that it's hard to believe it was made by two white guys ...

Stephanie Zacharek, Village Voice
Fresh

The title almost suggests manhood as something trifling. The film, however, confirms it's a mighty hard ideal to reach.

Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
Fresh

Its historical import as a peripheral civil-rights document can't be understated.

David Fear, Time Out New York
Fresh

[Roemer] and his collaborators create images and sounds, characters and situations, that embody the title's existential affirmation.

Richard Brody, New Yorker
Fresh

A sincere, intelligent, and effectively acted independent feature.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

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