Description
Set on the eve of the Cassius Clay/Sonny Liston rematch and based on the friendship between the actor Stepin Fetchit and Clay - soon to become Muhammad Ali - Fetch Clay, Make Man explores how each handled a life in the public eye as black men in their respective eras: Hollywood in the 20s, where a black actor's career depended on playing caricatures, and the mid-60s, after the assassination of Malcolm X. With "incisive characterizations, crackling dialogue and generous doses of dark humor" (Hollywood Reporter), Will Power audaciously recreates this improbable friendship and, through the relationship, digs to the heart of race relations during the highly charged days of 1960s America.
Info
ISBN: 9781468311099
Published Date: January 1, 2016
Publisher: Overlook Duckworth
Language: English
Page Count: 109
Size: 8.50" l x 5.50" w x 0.50" h
Category
Drama
Subject
American