Claudine (1974)

Directed by

John Berry

Genre

drama film, comedy drama, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A single mother in Harlem falls for a garbage collector while raising her kids. The romance faces challenges from her past and their daily struggles.

warmheartedlightheartedromanticfunnysweethopefulgentlegrounded

What happens

Claudine is a 1974 American romantic comedy-drama film, directed by John Berry. Claudine was written by Lester Pine and Tina Pine, produced by Third World Cinema, and distributed by 20th Century Fox, starring James Earl Jones, Diahann Carroll, and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs. The film was released on April 22, 1974, grossing about $6 million, a modest hit for the times. It was praised for showing a new dimension in black cinema during the height of blaxploitation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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