Ashes and Embers (1982)

ALL 11/17/1982 (en) Drama 129 Min
  • Release
    11/17/1982
  • Production
    Mypheduh Films
  • Rotten tomato
    69%
  • Original title
    Ashes and Embers
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Ashes and Embers is an original screenplay by Haile Gerima, about a Vietnam veteran, who, several years after the war, is struggling to come to terms with his role in the war, and his role as a Black person in America. He survives by working odd jobs in Washington, D.C. and living with his girlfriend and her son. When criticism of his alienated behavior come from her and a father figure too often, he runs to the streets or to his grandmother's rural house in Virginia. Her criticism and his memories of the past both send him fleeing again to Los Angeles, where he is surrounded by superficial people who have forgotten how to be compassionate human beings. It is here that the advice of his friends and grandmother combine to transform him from an embittered ex-soldier to a strong and confident man.

  1. Haile Gerima

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Haile Gerima

    Producer



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Ashes and Embers (1982) 129 Min

ALL 11/17/1982 (en)
Drama
  • Release 11/17/1982
  • Production
    Mypheduh Films
  • Original title Ashes and Embers
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Ashes and Embers is an original screenplay by Haile Gerima, about a Vietnam veteran, who, several years after the war, is struggling to come to terms with his role in the war, and his role as a Black person in America. He survives by working odd jobs in Washington, D.C. and living with his girlfriend and her son. When criticism of his alienated behavior come from her and a father figure too often, he runs to the streets or to his grandmother's rural house in Virginia. Her criticism and his memories of the past both send him fleeing again to Los Angeles, where he is surrounded by superficial people who have forgotten how to be compassionate human beings. It is here that the advice of his friends and grandmother combine to transform him from an embittered ex-soldier to a strong and confident man.

  1. Haile Gerima

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Haile Gerima

    Producer