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Get on the Bus (1996)

Get on the Bus poster
Directed by
Spike Lee
Genre
drama film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 02m
Rated
R
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 79 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of African-American men board a bus traveling from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. to attend the Million Man March. Along the way, they confront personal conflicts and differing viewpoints about race, masculinity, and unity.

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What happens

Get on the Bus is a 1996 American drama road film about a group of African-American men who are taking a cross-country bus trip in order to participate in the Million Man March. Directed by Spike Lee and premiering on the first anniversary of the March, it is the first film directed by Lee in which he does not appear. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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