Liberty Heights (1999)

Directed by

Barry Levinson

Genre

drama film, comedy film, coming-of-age film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 02m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 80 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Jewish family navigates life in 1950s Baltimore. The two teenage sons each fall for someone from a different background, while the father gets involved with an illegal gambling operation.

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What happens

Liberty Heights is a 1999 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Barry Levinson. The film is a semi-autobiographical account of his childhood growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s. The film portrays the racial injustices experienced both by the Jewish and African-American populations. Both of Nate Kurtzman's sons find women "prohibited" to them: for Van because he is Jewish, and for Ben because he is white. Nate goes to prison for running a burlesque show with Little Melvin, an African-American and known local drug dealer. It is the fourth of Levinson's "Baltimore Films", set in his hometown during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s; the first three are Diner (1982), Tin Men (1987) and Avalon (1990). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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