To Sleep with Anger (1990)

Drama, General Film, Rhonda Recommended

Director: Charles Burnett

Writer(s): Charles Burnett

Starring:  Paul Butler, DeVaughn Nixon, Mary Alice, Reina King, Cory Curtis, Richard Brooks, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Carl Lumbly, Vonetta McGee, Paula Bellamy, Danny Glover, Wonderful Smith, Ethel Ayler, DeForest Covan, Sy Richardson, Davis Roberts, John Hawker, Julius Harris, Irvin Mosley Jr., Marguerite Ray, Rai Tasco, Lorrie Marlow, Jimmy Witherspoon, Carnetta Jones, Christina Harley, James Grayer, Robin Scholer, Mark Phelan, Robert Terry Lee, Greta Brown, Sip Culler

Synopsis: The life of a middle-class black family in Los Angeles is disrupted by the arrival of an old friend from back South in this layered drama. Initially a charming reminder of their past, the visitor soon comes to seems increasingly sinister as the strained household heads towards an inevitable conflict.

Release Date: October 12, 1990 (USA) | Length: 102 min | Genre: Drama | Certificate: PG

Note: Added to the National Film Registry in 2017. I need to see this film again to better identify people.