Ashes and Embers

Ashes and Embers by Haile Gerima

6.90

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.

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Cast

Evelyn A. Blackwell

Evelyn A. Blackwell as Grandma

John Anderson

John Anderson as Grandson

Norman Blalock

Norman Blalock as Jim

Kathy Flewellen

Kathy Flewellen as Liza Jane

Uwezo Flewellen

Uwezo Flewellen as Kimathi

Barry Wiggins

Barry Wiggins as Randolph

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