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The Brother from Another Planet
The Brother from Another Planet
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THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET

Directed by John Sayles
United States, 1984
Comedy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis

In John Sayles’s witty urban spin on the runaway-slave narrative, a mute extraterrestrial crashes in Harlem after a spaceship accident and finds himself on the run from two mysterious white hunters. Stylishly shot, the film offers a thought provoking spin on the use of the Black image in science.

Synopsis

In John Sayles’s witty urban spin on the runaway-slave narrative, a mute extraterrestrial crashes in Harlem after a spaceship accident and finds himself on the run from two mysterious white hunters. Stylishly shot, the film offers a thought provoking spin on the use of the Black image in science.