Aaron Loves Angela [Aaron and Angela]

Gordon Parks (director)
Gerald Sanford (screenwriter)
Moses Gunn, Kevin Hooks, Irene Cara (starring)

N.p. Gordon Park Jr. Robert Anderson Production, 1974. Draft script for the 1975 film, here under the working title "Aaron and Angela."

A coming-of-age story set in Harlem, about the love between a Black basketball player and a Puerto Rican girl, sparking disapproval from their families and neighbors. Featuring excellent location footage of a violent, decaying, half-abandoned 1970s New York. Irene Cara's screen debut.

Blue titled wrappers. Title page present, dated December 1, 1974, with credits for screenwriter Gerald Sanford. 142 leaves, with last page of text numbered 140. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with two gold brads.

Howard, Blaxploitation Cinema. Parish & Hill 1.


[Book #158170]