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Take a Giant Step (1959)

Take a Giant Step (1959)

Drama

From Playground to hunting ground - in a bar!

Release Date: 1959, December 1
Directors: Philip Leacock
Countries: United States of America
Production: Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions
Cast: Ruby Dee, Paulene Myers, Bill Walker, Frances Foster, Beah Richards, Roy Glenn, Dee Pollock, Royce Wallace, Ellen Holly, Frederick O'Neal, Bernie Hamilton, Johnny Nash

Overview:

After African-American teenager Spence Scott gets expelled from his private school for arguing with a teacher, he turns to his grandmother for advice. Spence, who lives in a genteel white area and has mostly white friends, feels like an outsider. He visits a bar in a black neighborhood, where he meets a few prostitutes, which doesn't help. Eventually, Spence starts a friendship with the housekeeper, Christine, who tells him her own difficult story.

Keywords:

coming of age racism high school maid running away older woman younger man relationship loss of virginity sexual awakening grandmother grandson relationship fake friends black family expelled from school angry young man barflies cruel reality young black kid