A Gathering of Old Men
Release Date: 1987-05-10
Rating : 6/10
Duration : 91 minutes
Genres : Drama, TV Movie
Director : Volker Schlöndorff
Writer : Charles Fuller
A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot in self defense. A group of old, black men takes a courageous step by coming forward en masse to take responsibility for the killing of a white racist, whom one of their members has shot. As the sheriff confronts the suspects, the young plantation owner stands alone in her daring defense of this group of men, provoking racial tension that makes a compelling drama.
Cast
Louis Gossett Jr.
Richard Widmark
Holly Hunter
Will Patton
Joe Seneca
Woody Strode