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Buck and the Preacher was one of the first films directed by an African American telling the story of black Americans fighting against the white majority. Poitier directed the film and it was produced by Belafonte Enterprises, Columbia Pictures Corporation, and E & R Productions Corp.
Mar 17, 1972 · A 1972 western film starring Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte as a wagon master and a preacher who help freed slaves in the West. See the plot summary, cast and crew, trivia, reviews, videos and more on IMDb.
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- Adventure, Drama, Western
- Sidney Poitier, Joseph Sargent
- 1972-03-17
Sep 17, 2020 · As significant as “Buck and the Preacher” rates in the annals of black filmmaking, it also shares the rebellious vibe with other westerns of the period, “The Life and Time of Judge Roy Bean...
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- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
A trail guide who devotes himself to protecting former slaves seeking to homestead in the west, is confronted by a con-man in preacher's garb.
A 1972 western film directed by Sidney Poitier and starring him and Harry Belafonte as Black heroes fighting white bounty hunters. The film is a revisionist landmark that subverts Hollywood conventions and reclaims the western genre in the name of Black liberation.
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Following the end of the Civil War, soldier-turned-trail-guide Buck (Sidney Poitier) makes a living by helping former slaves find settlements in the West. Along the way, a con artist, the...
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- Western
- PG
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Poitier stars as Buck, an ex-Union Army Cavalry sergeant who becomes a scout for freed slaves heading to the Colorado frontier. Tagging along with him are his wife (Ruby Dee in a scene-stealing performance) and a Bible-thumping con artist known as the Preacher (Belafonte).
