Showtime: 10,000 Black Men Named George

[Melotic]

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TV RATING: TV14-VLD
SHOWTIME ADVISORIES: Brief Nudity, Violence, Adult Language, Adult Themes
CCAP
1 h 35 m
The powerful true story of labor organizer Asa Philip Randolph (Andre Braugher), who faces racism and political corruption in a 12-year battle to unionize railway porters in the 1920s and '30s. Disrespectfully called "George" by their white passengers, the porters work in demeaning conditions for shameful wages, but soon the powerful Pullman Company is waging a campaign of fear against Randolph and his allies, porters Ashley (Mario Van Peebles) and Milton (Charles S. Dutton). Brock Peters costars in this gripping, fact-based original drama...cond... (http://www.sho.com/movies/movies_content.cfm?content=03synopsis&contentname=Synopsis&titleid=114876)


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This film is a good flick, about one of the first Black Union members... And the 3 trouble makers that form it...

[Andre98]

In that picture... when did Andre B swell up like that? How did he get so much bigger than Charles Dutton? The man has been eating!

Actually Dutton is turned to the side..."Nevermind"

[Mocha]

I did a paper in grad school about them...I learned a hellva lot. If you could see the amount of money they made it was crazy.