Buck and the Preacher

Buck and the Preacher
Buck and the Preacher
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Directed by	Sidney Poitier
Written by	Ernest Kinoy
Produced by	Joel Gilckman
Starring	Sidney Poitier; Harry Belafonte; Ruby Dee; Cameron Mitchell
Cinematography	Alex Phillips Jr.
Edited by	Pembroke J. Herring
Music by	Benny Carter
Production; companies	E & R Productions; Belafonte Enterprises
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	March 1972 (London); April 1972 (Detroit);
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Buck and the Preacher is a 1972 American Western film released by Columbia Pictures, written by Ernest Kinoy and directed by Sidney Poitier. Poitier also stars in the film alongside Harry Belafonte and Ruby Dee.

This is the first film Sidney Poitier directed. Vincent Canby of The New York Times said Poitier "showed a talent for easy, unguarded, rambunctious humor missing from his more stately movies".^[1]

This film broke Hollywood Western traditions by casting black actors as central characters and portraying both tension and solidarity between African Americans and Native Americans in the late 19th century. The notable blues musicians Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, and Don Frank Brooks performed in the film's soundtrack, composed by jazz great Benny Carter.^[2]

^ Canby, Vincent (February 8, 1991). "Critic's Notebook; Black Films: Imitation Of Life?". New York Times. Retrieved August 7, 2008.
^ Pareles, Jon (February 19, 1996). "Brownie McGhee, 80, Early Piedmont Bluesman". New York Times. Retrieved August 7, 2008.

[1] Canby, Vincent (February 8, 1991). "Critic's Notebook; Black Films: Imitation Of Life?". New York Times. Retrieved August 7, 2008.

[2] Pareles, Jon (February 19, 1996). "Brownie McGhee, 80, Early Piedmont Bluesman". New York Times. Retrieved August 7, 2008.

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