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The Sky Is Gray

0% | Jan 01, 1980
Drama TV Movie

From Ernest J. Gaines, author of "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," comes a deceptively simple, yet emotionally complex tale of a young boy's discovery of what it's like to be black in Louisiana during the 1940's. James, the boy in question, has a raging toothache that necessitates a trip to the dentist. His mother (played by Emmy-winner Olivia Cole), accompanies James to town on an eye-opening odyssey where the boy gains valuable insights into poverty, racism - and his own sense of pride. With an exciting musical score by Webster Lewis, this multi-award winning film explores a child's discovery that the world is a complicated place... where things are never truly black or white... only shades of gray.

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Ernest J. Gaines
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Robert Geller
Executive Producer
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Whitney Green
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Webster Lewis
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Larry Pizer
Director of Photography
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Barbara Pokras
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Reuben Cannon
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Don De Fina
Art Direction
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Marianna Åström-De Fina
Costume Design
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Henry Shernoff
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Loretta Smallwood
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Marianna Åström-De Fina
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