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The Education of Sonny Carson

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Original title

Year

1974

Running time

104 min.

Country

United States

Director

Michael Campus

Screenwriter

Sonny Carson, Fred Hudson. Autobiography: Sonny Carson

Cast

Music

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

Cinematography

Edward R. Brown

Producer

Paramount Pictures

Genre

Drama | Based on a true story. Racism. Street Gang

Synopsis

A young Black teenager and three of his friends are in the process of breaking into a local market to steal food and money. Sonny is subdued by police and soon finds himself, at the age of thirteen, serving a lenient sentence of three months. While incarcerated, Sonny meets Willie, the leader of a local gang called the Lords and is initiated into the gang. Years later, an older Sonny, who is now heavily involved in gang activities, is part of the rivalry between The Lords and a fellow gang, the Tomahawks, also known as the Hawks. Sonny is deeply entrenched in the lifestyle of a Lord, which includes frequent brawls with the Hawks... Based on the autobiography of Sonny Carson, this grim drama presents a wrenchingly realistic view of life in a Brooklyn ghetto.

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The Education of Sonny Carson

1974

Michael Campus