''Everyday Black Man'' is a 2010 film directed by Carmen Madden. It stars Henry Brown,

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. It is a story about deception and a man's struggle to save his daughter.

Background

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Story

The film focuses on Moses, a local grocery store owner Moses played by Henry Brown.The Other View, April 21st, 2011
Everyday Black Man DVD Review
/ref> Moses has a past. One that was violent and one that he walked away from. He is now a dedicated community man. Moses has a daughter who has a daughter Claire (played by Tessa Thompson) who has no idea that he is her father and because of the past he has, he cannot tell her that he is her real father. He has been turned down for a loan from a bank and then becomes duped by a seemingly good man into letting his shop being used to sell drugs. The film takes another direction with Moses just being an ordinary insignificant man turning into a man who needs to take things to another level.''

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Everyday Black Man By Andrea Gronvall
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Cast

* Ahku as Darcy's Driver * Elynn Alonzo as Prostitute (as Karleen Griffin) * Afi Ayanna as Claire * Chris Ayles as William / Banker * Henry Brown as Moses * Crystal Bush as Nurse * Marion Christian as Store Bodyguard * Marjorie Crump-Shears as Mary / Grandmother (as Marjorie Shears) * Ronald Gardner as Officer 2 * Ed Gilles III as Darcy * Jahkahn Bayshore Gulley as Delivery Kid * Dave Hall as Gang Member * Omari Hardwick as Malik * Daryl Anthony Harper as The Preacher * Corey Jackson as Sonny * Jermaine Steve Johnson as Young Moses * Mawiyah Johnson as Aisha * Emmanuel Lee as Frank *

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as Yousef (as Mo) * J.T. Smash as Officer 1 * Marcus D. Spencer as Moses's Driver (as Big Spence) * Gabriela Sykes as Young Claire *

as Claire *

as Gloria

References

External links

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Film Critics United: Everyday Black Man reviewed by Christopher Armstead

Website

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