A Gathering of Old Men

Year: 1987

Runtime: 91 mins

Language: English

Director: Volker Schlöndorff

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On a Louisiana sugarcane plantation, an ordinary day shatters when a white farmer is shot in self‑defense. A group of elderly Black men step forward together to claim responsibility for killing a white racist. As the sheriff confronts them, the young plantation owner stands alone, defiantly defending them and sparking racial tension that drives film.

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