Movie Details
Theatrical Release:November 17th, 1982
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Mypheduh Films
Movie Tags:
l.a. rebellion
Babygirl
Lilo & Stitch
Fountain of Youth
The Housemaid
Words of War
Anemone
The Studio
Vicious
Wednesday
The Housemaid
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
The Witcher
Elio
Black Rabbit
Murderbot
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Ashes and Embers (1982)
Audience Score
Ashes and Embers is an original screenplay by Haile Gerima, about a Vietnam veteran, who, several years after the war, is struggling to come to terms with his role in the war, and his role as a Black person in America. He survives by working odd jobs in Washington, D.C. and living with his girlfriend and her son. When criticism of his alienated behavior come from her and a father figure too often, he runs to the streets or to his grandmother's rural house in Virginia. Her criticism and his memories of the past both send him fleeing again to Los Angeles, where he is surrounded by superficial people who have forgotten how to be compassionate human beings. It is here that the advice of his friends and grandmother combine to transform him from an embittered ex-soldier to a strong and confident man.
