🎬 Documentary

A Dream Is What You Wake Up From

1978 1h 1m Dir. Carolyn Y. Johnson

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Three black families, observed in their daily lives, their thoughts, values, and aspirations expressed on the soundtrack, and their different approaches to the struggle for survival in contemporary society and their methods of coping with the contradictory stresses placed on the individual in the family environment.

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Quick facts

Year
1978
Runtime
1h 1m
Genre
Documentary
Director
Carolyn Y. Johnson
Language
EN

Cast

👤
Lauren Craig
👤
Kym Fleming
👤
Damian Hayes
👤
Cheryl Daniels
👤
Onaje Frank Ruffin
👤
Edward Yancy
👤
Christopher Scott
👤
Lynwood Harrod
🎭 Documentary 🎬 Carolyn Y. Johnson 👤 Lauren Craig 👤 Kym Fleming 👤 Damian Hayes

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A Dream Is What You Wake Up From has a runtime of 1h 1m (1 hour and 1 minute).
A Dream Is What You Wake Up From was directed by Carolyn Y. Johnson and released in 1978.
A Dream Is What You Wake Up From is a Documentary film (1978).
The cast of A Dream Is What You Wake Up From includes Lauren Craig, Kym Fleming, Damian Hayes, Cheryl Daniels, Onaje Frank Ruffin.

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