The Least Among You (2009)
Black college graduate Richard Kelly reluctantly accepts a plea bargain requiring him to spend two semesters at an all-white seminary after he's wrongly accused of crimes committed during the 1965 Watts riots. Facing bigotry on all sides, he's close to cracking until he meets an elderly custodian who helps him navigate the trials of racism.
- Date of release
- 2009-01-12
- TMDB
- 4.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Mark Young
Casting
- Cedric Sanders — Richard Kelly
- Lauren Holly — Kate Allison
- Louis Gossett Jr. — Samuel Benton
- William Devane — Alan Beckett
- Maddy Curley — Kimmy
- Cory Hardrict — Roscoe
- John Brently Reynolds — Fred Leak
- Starletta DuPois — Bessie Benton
- Carter MacIntyre — James
- Siena Goines — Ruth Kelly
- Bernardo de Paula — Nick Giffuni
- Nicolas Charles — Bill
Interesting facts
The Least Among You is a film based on the true story of Presbyterian Rev. Dr. Charles Marks' formative years, written and directed by first time writer/director Mark Young. It explores issues of self-determination in the face of systemic racial persecution in the United States in the mid-1960s.
Production
Principal photography began in December 2007, in Los Angeles.
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