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The Sleeping Negro

3.020211h 13mNRMovieDrama

Confronted with a series of racially charged incidents, a young black man must overcome rage, alienation, and hopelessness in order to find his own humanity.

DirectorSkinner Myers
WriterSkinner Myers
ProducerJohn Campbell

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Cast · Directed by Skinner Myers

SMSkinner Myers
Skinner Myers
Man / Doppelganger
RCRae Dawn Chong
Rae Dawn Chong
Black Woman
DFDavid Fumero
David Fumero
Boss
JMJulie McNiven
Julie McNiven
White Woman
NRNican Robinson
Nican Robinson
Friend
TATunde Adebimpe
Tunde Adebimpe
Sheriff
AMAlex Noel McCarthy
Alex Noel McCarthy
Receptionist
PDPhil Ductan
Phil Ductan
Black Man in Alley
PLPeter Lucas
Peter Lucas
Old White Man

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