In contrast to most of the violence-laden “blaxploitation” films of the period, this low-budget effort eschews exploitation for humanity and domestic drama. Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values when his previously docile wife joins their three children in rebelling against her husband’s retrogressive behavior.
Five on the Black Hand Side 1973
Stars
Godfrey Cambridge
Clarice Taylor
Leonard Jackson
Virginia Capers
Glynn Turman
D'Urville Martin
Dick Anthony Williams
Sonny Jim Gaines
Oscar Williams