Brothers

Brothers (1977, USA) is a prison drama directed by Arthur Barron

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Main Details

• Released on March 26, 1977 (USA Film Festival)
• Color
• Production Co: Edward Lewis Productions/Soho Productions/Warner Bros.
• Distribution Co: Warner Bros. (1977) (USA) (theatrical)/Filmways Australasian Distributors (Australia) (theatrical)
• Directed by Arthur Barron
• Written by Edward Lewis, Mildred Lewis
• Starring Bernie Casey, Vonetta McGee, Ron O'Neal
• Produced by Herb Forgash, Robert H. Greenberg, Edward Lewis, Mildred Lewis, Lee Savin
• Music by Taj Mahal
• Cinematography by John Arthur Morrill
• Film Editing by William Paul Dornisch

Plot Summary

• Thinly disguised account of the relationship between radical black activist Angela Davis and Black Panther and prison inmate George Jackson, who was one of those killed in a failed 1971 prison breakout.

Taglines

• He was a nobody; a black man in a white man's prison.
• She was a somebody; a notorious, beautiful, radical black professor. Their love story shocked the nation. This film is that story.
• A Story of Love...and Hate