Home
Showtimes & Tickets
Top Box Office
Trailers & More
In Theaters
Coming Soon
New on DVD
Critics' Reviews
Photos
News
Blog
Superfans
Overview
Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Critics' Reviews
User Reviews
Trailers &
Clips
Photos
News
Similar Movies
Showtimes &
Tickets
Awards &
Nominations
On DVD

The Education of Sonny Carson

:

Overview
The Education of Sonny Carson
Critics' Rating:
read review
Avg. User Rating:
3 ratings
Your Rating:
write a review
R,1hr 44min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1974
Director:
Michael I. Campus
Distributor:
Vci Video
Starring:
Mary Alice, Jerry Bell, Paul Benjamin  ...more
Synopsis: A surprisingly long and worthwhile film, The Education of Sonny Carson is based on a true story. Rony Clanton stars as Carson, a product of the Brooklyn ghetto. After several years of gang and drug activities, Sonny is sobered by his horrendous experiences in prison. He puts his priorities in order and finds a "born again" purpose in life under his new name, Iwina Lmiri Abubadika. The film ends in the 1970s, long before Abubadika's controversial involvement in New York politics. ~ Hal Erickson, All ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
View Full Reviews
Josh Ralske, AMG Review
Michael Campus' The Education of Sonny Carson isn't as entertaining as the director's previous film, The Mack, but it has many of the same virtues. Just as Campus took to the streets of Oakland in 1972, with crimelord Frank Ward as his guide, to bring a compelling degree of authenticity to The Mack, the filmmaker used activist Sonny Carson's wealth of knowledge about street life and his access to the ... Full Review
Featured Cast
View More Cast & Crew
Derrick Champ Ford
Wolfe
Dennis Keir
Western Union Boy
Similar Movies
View All (1)
Malcolm X (1992)
advertisement


Privacy
Legal
Advertise
RSS
Site map
Feedback
Help
|
© 2009 Microsoft