The Sty of the Blind Pig (1974)

Drama, Made for TV

Director: Ivan Dixon

Writer(s): Phillip Hayes Dean (play)

Starring: Mary Alice, Scatman Crothers, Maidie Norman, Richard Ward

Synopsis: Originally produced in 1971 by the estimable Negro Ensemble Company, and hailed by Time Magazine as one of the best plays of the year, Dean’s powerful drama is about an uprooted Africian American family (mother, daughter, uncle) living in Chicago.

Release Date: May 29, 1974 (USA) | Length: 90 min | Genre: Drama | Certificate: NR