Cornbread, Earl and Me
3.4
Drama
1975
95 min
PG
The unintentional shooting by police of a star basketball player has profound personal, political and community repercussions in this acclaimed adaptation of the novel Hog Butcher by Ronald Fair. This was one of the more thoughtful urban dramas produced at the height of the "blaxploitation" craze. Also released under the title Hit the Open Man, it features the screen debut of Laurence Fishburne, who was barely a teenager at the time.
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"A thoughtful, poignant, tragic, and (still to this day) relevant film about race, social discrimination, and life in the ghetto. With a great cast of 70s blaxploitation actors doing something different other than "The Mack"-style. Most interesting is the debut of Larry Fishburne, giving an anguished and intelligent performance, proving that even as a kid he was a naturally gifted actor."
Gordon
"This was my fathers favorite movie growing up. This one is deep and it’s crazy how it still relates till this day. "
Ryan Robinson
"It started a young fishburn and Jamal Wilkes. Also The film's premise was based on police brutality Period! There is also a dope sample from this film used by ghostface killer called black Jesus If you go to where cornbread was killed In the film you would know what I'm talking about!"
Christopher Bair
"Classic movie and a legend actor would later be in the matrix "
Josiah Watson
