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Brown Paper Bag
2020
Directed by
Detdrich McClure
93 min
The year is 1942, and Archie Glass Is trying to get into Hollywood. His chance comes as he is offered a job: Find a young white movie star before the press reports that she is missing and he will have a shot at his Hollywood dream. Thus begins a journey into a Los Angeles you have never seen before, the actors who play the maids, the busboys, the background actors in jungle films, all spring into the foreground in this dramatic noir about a man willing to do anything to make his dream come true. Archie searches the back alley of Hollywood and discovers more lies than truth. Ultimately he finds the woman he is looking for and the dark reality of being a black man in tinsel town.
Ratings
3.5
Details
Release Date
2020-02-14
Runtime
93 min
Original Language
English
Languages
English
Production Companies
Knuckle Sandwich Productions
Countries
United States of America
Genres
Drama