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Aaron Loves Angela

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Aaron (Kevin Hooks) is a gifted black ballplayer in Harlem, N.Y., whose father (Moses Gunn) expects Aaron to have the basketball career he never had. Angela (Irene Cara) is a Puerto Rican girl from Spanish Harlem who lives alone with her mother. When Aaron and Angela fall in love, they worry that their racial difference will cause friction between their family and friends, and decide to meet in secret. The plan works until they discover their love nest is also host to some major drug deals.
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David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Aug 21, 2020
2/4
...unable to make much of a positive impact beyond its status as a time-capsule curiosity. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Oct 12, 2012
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Jan 4, 2016 Recorded in a block of Blaxploitation films on cable recently, this was more of a riff on the old Romeo and Juliet story, with a mixed race couple finding trouble from all sides in mid-'70s NYC. Well worth a look and something I would definitely like to revisit. See more Read all reviews
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Gordon Parks

Director

Kevin Hooks

Aaron

Irene Cara

Angela

Moses Gunn

Ike

Robert Hooks

Beau

Ernestine Jackson

Cleo
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Synopsis Aaron (Kevin Hooks) is a gifted black ballplayer in Harlem, N.Y., whose father (Moses Gunn) expects Aaron to have the basketball career he never had. Angela (Irene Cara) is a Puerto Rican girl from Spanish Harlem who lives alone with her mother. When Aaron and Angela fall in love, they worry that their racial difference will cause friction between their family and friends, and decide to meet in secret. The plan works until they discover their love nest is also host to some major drug deals.
Director
Gordon Parks
Producer
Robert J. Anderson
Screenwriter
Gerald Sanford
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating
R
Genre
Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 10, 2013
Runtime
1h 38m
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