Direction: Lionel Rogosin

Direction Lionel Rogosin

Plot The film chronicles three desperate days in a then impoverished lower Manhattan neighborhood, New York's skid row: the Bowery. It is the story of Ray, a railroad worker, who drifts...

Direction Lionel Rogosin

Cast Miriam Makeba · Zacharia Mgabi · Vinah Bendile · Lewis Nkosi

Plot Come Back, Africa comprises a storyline acted out by black South Africans, from whose own experiences the film's events are drawn. Desperate to feed his household, Zachariah, a young Zulu,...

Direction Lionel Rogosin

Cast Molly Parkin

Plot Lionel Rogosin’s Good Times, Wonderful Times (1965) is a biting critique of political complacency amidst nuclear armament and America’s escalating involvement in Vietnam. This message comes by way of sardonic...

Direction Lionel Rogosin

Cast Jim Collier · Gary Davis · Larry Johnson · Florynce Kennedy

Plot Rogosin took the fight for equality to his homeland with his astonishing and powerful fourth feature Black Roots. The film, which is ripe for rediscovery, featured an extraordinary cast, including...

Direction Andrew McCullough · Lionel Rogosin · Norman Lloyd · Charles S. Dubin

Cast Alistair Cooke · Leonard Bernstein · Helen Hayes · Royal Dano