Richard Wright Filmography

Occupation:: Actor, Screenwriter, Book Author, Play Author

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America's Dream

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Danny Glover, Wesley Snipes

Synopsis: Made especially for the HBO cable network, this well-wrought feature is comprised of three short stories by three noted black American authors, each of which is directed by a respected black director. The first tale, Long Black Song, was written by Richard Wright and is set in Alabama, 1938. It Read More

1996
Native Son

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Carroll Baker, Akosua Busia, Matt Dillon, Art Evans, John Karlen, Elizabeth McGovern, Oprah Winfrey

Synopsis: Previously filmed in Argentina in 1951, black author Richard Wright's powerful race-conscious novel Native Son was remade in this barely released 1986 version. The story involves Bigger Thomas (Victor Thomas), an angry Depression-era Chicago black who hopes to elevate himself through his Read More

12/24/86
Almos' a Man

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: LeVar Burton, Henry Fonda, Garry Goodrow, Madge Sinclair, Christopher Brooks, Robert DoQui

Synopsis: Based on the story by Richard Wright, Almos' a Man stars LeVar Burton as a black teenager in the South of the 1930s. Working as a field hand, Burton is frustrated at being considered inferior to the local whites. Perhaps if he purchases a gun, he can prove his manhood. This is the decision he Read More

1977
Sangre Negra

Crew: Play Author, Screenwriter

Actors: Richard Wright, Jean Wallace, Gloria Madison, Nicholas Joy

Synopsis: African-American playwright Richard Wright's 1940 novel Native Son was too explosive for any Hollywood studio in 1951. However, an enterprising Argentine filmmaking firm was able to attain American backing (and a few location shots filmed in Chicago) for a cheap but satisfying cinemazation of the Read More

1951

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