Samm-Art Williams

American playwright and screenwriter

January 20, 1946 (78 years old)

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

U.S. 1985. Adventures by Peter H. Hunt with Patrick Day, Samm-Art Williams, Anne Shropshire. A runaway teenager floats down the Mississippi on a raft with a Black slave.

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Half Slave, Half Free

V.O.: Solomon Northrup's Odyssey

U.S. 1984. Biography by Gordon Parks with Avery Brooks, Rhetta Greene, John Saxon. Kidnapped in 1841, a Black man has to endure slavery for twelve years before regaining his freedom.

Runtime: 115 min.

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Blood Simple

U.S. 1983. Crime drama by Joel Coen with M. Emmet Walsh, Frances McDormand, John Getz. After murdering his client, a private investigator goes after his wife and one of his employees.

Runtime: 99 min.