Five On The Black Hand Side (1973)

Starring:

• Leonard Jackson
• Clarice Taylor 
• Glynn Turman 
• D'Urville Martin 
• Dick Anthony Williams 
• Virginia Capers 
• Sonny Jim Gaines 
• Ja'net DuBois 
• Philomena Nowlin
• Bonnie Banfield 
• Frankie Crocker 
• Tchaka Almoravids 
• Carl Franklin 
• Cal Wilson 

Storyline
Fed up with patriarch Mr. John Henry Brooks Jr.’s (Leonard Jackson) tyrannical rule, Mrs. Brooks (Clarice Taylor) and the Brooks children — Booker T. Washington (D’Urville Martin), Gideon (Glynn Turman) and the soon-to-be-married Gail (Bonnie Banfield) are a family in revolt. But it’s the impending nuptials, along with fiancé Marvin’s (director Carl Franklin) insistence that the wedding be a traditional African ceremony that’s the catalyst for all the dramedy. Adding to the fun is Ja’Net Dubois as firebrand Stormy Monday. With a colorful assortment of eccentric friends and neighbors, and topics ranging from black identity to gender equality, you have “a real clean scene with a lot of laughter in between.”