Buck and the Preacher

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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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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