Anthem

A collage of erotic images and a call to arms, with a feverish hip-hop energy that celebrates the lives of African American men.

1993

0h 9min

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Top Billed Cast

Essex Hemphill
Colin Robinson
Bernard Branner
Brian Freeman
David B. Kirkland
Willi Ninja
Tim Riera

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