The Sky Is Gray
- 1980-01-01
- Drama, TV Movie
- Cleavon Little, Hal Williams, Beverly Johnson, Clinton Derricks-Carroll, Susan French, Henry Fonda, Margaret Avery, Macon McCalman, James Bond III, Chez Lister, Roberta Jean Williams, Olivia Cole, Hilda Haynes, Reuben Collins, Melvina Smedley, Julie Vails, Kenneth Johnson, Les Williams, Lynn Arden
- 46 min. 46 min.
- 4.0/10
- 1
- United States of America
- Learning in Focus
Overview:
From Ernest J. Gaines, author of "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," comes a deceptively simple, yet emotionally complex tale of a young boy's discovery of what it's like to be black in Louisiana during the 1940's. James, the boy in question, has a raging toothache that necessitates a trip to the dentist. His mother (played by Emmy-winner Olivia Cole), accompanies James to town on an eye-opening odyssey where the boy gains valuable insights into poverty, racism - and his own sense of pride. With an exciting musical score by Webster Lewis, this multi-award winning film explores a child's discovery that the world is a complicated place... where things are never truly black or white... only shades of gray.