Before I go further let me say that I watched the 2010 re-make of this movie on Netflix. This version has Wood Harris (Avon Barksdale in the Wire) as the main character, whereas in the original shooting of the film Roger Smith was the main character.
That being said this was an amazing movie. As far as the theme, I'd sum it up like this...
By portraying the guy who escaped the hood through his law career only to forget who he was - Harry Davis (the director) was able to make the point that no matter how successful you become you never forget your family or your community.
I enjoyed about the film is that it was gritty without going overboard. Besides that the movie was thought provoking. Not sure if they won any awards for the film, but if they didn't the movie is certainly worthy of several rewards.
In fact the only reason I gave this movie a nine instead of a ten is that you can't watch it in a family setting - due to the language and adult situations.
Of course, if you take the strong language out the movie probably loses it's realness so it's almost a catch-22.
So if you haven't watched this movie yet, do yourself a favor and check it out!
That being said this was an amazing movie. As far as the theme, I'd sum it up like this...
By portraying the guy who escaped the hood through his law career only to forget who he was - Harry Davis (the director) was able to make the point that no matter how successful you become you never forget your family or your community.
I enjoyed about the film is that it was gritty without going overboard. Besides that the movie was thought provoking. Not sure if they won any awards for the film, but if they didn't the movie is certainly worthy of several rewards.
In fact the only reason I gave this movie a nine instead of a ten is that you can't watch it in a family setting - due to the language and adult situations.
Of course, if you take the strong language out the movie probably loses it's realness so it's almost a catch-22.
So if you haven't watched this movie yet, do yourself a favor and check it out!