Buck and the Preacher

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American film Western film film

Buck and the Preacher is a 1972 Western film, directed by and co-starring Harry Belafonte alongside Sidney Poitier, that centers on formerly enslaved people facing violent opposition as they migrate west after the American Civil War.

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Buck and the Preacher canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
Western film ⓘ
film ⓘ
characterPlayedByHarryBelafonte The Preacher ⓘ
characterPlayedBySidneyPoitier Buck ⓘ
cinematographyBy Alex Phillips Jr. ⓘ
coStar Cameron Mitchell ⓘ
Clarence Muse ⓘ
Denny Miller ⓘ
Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Nita Talbot ⓘ
Ruby Dee ⓘ
Sidney Poitier ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Sidney Poitier ⓘ
directorDebutOf Sidney Poitier ⓘ
distributedBy Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Pembroke J. Herring ⓘ
featuresEthnicRepresentation African-American cowboys ⓘ
genre Western ⓘ
hasAntagonistType racist vigilantes ⓘ
white bounty hunters ⓘ
hasCultFollowing yes ⓘ
hasSetting Old West ⓘ
surface form: American West
leadActor Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Sidney Poitier ⓘ
mainCharacter Buck ⓘ
The Preacher ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
musicBy Benny Carter ⓘ
notableFor early revisionist depiction of Black people in Westerns ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotFocus violent opposition to Black migration westward ⓘ
portrays Black settlers in the American West ⓘ
formerly enslaved people migrating west ⓘ
producer Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Sidney Poitier ⓘ
productionCompany Belafonte Enterprises ⓘ
recognizedAs significant African-American Western ⓘ
releaseDate 1972-03-18 ⓘ
releaseYear 1972 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 102 ⓘ
setAfterEvent American Civil War ⓘ
setInPeriod Reconstruction era ⓘ
theme Black self-determination ⓘ
community solidarity ⓘ
post–Civil War violence ⓘ
racism ⓘ

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Harry Belafonte → notableWork → Buck and the Preacher ⓘ
Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. → notableWork → Buck and the Preacher ⓘ
Sidney Poitier → directed → Buck and the Preacher ⓘ