14 Feb 2005
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A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
The Mark of the Hawk
The man called Obam struggles with the increasingly hostile forces facing each other in a colonial African country. The African natives want their land and lives back from the British colonists. Obam's motives are questioned by his own people, in particular his brother Kanda. With the help of his wife Renee and missionary Bruce Craig, will he be able to get things under control before the country self-destructs? Written by Greg Bruno
Top Billed Cast
Eartha Kitt Renee
Sidney Poitier Obam
Juano Hernández Amugu
John McIntire Bruce Craig
Helen Horton Barbara Craig
Marne Maitland Sandar Lai
Gerard Heinz Govenor General
Patrick Allen Gregory
Earl Cameron Prosecutor
Clifton Macklin Kanda
Lockwood West Magistrate
Francis Matthews Overholt
Philip Vickers Ben
Bill Nagy Fred
N.C. Doo Dr. Lin
David Goh Ming Tao
Harold Siddons 1st Officer
Frederick Treves 2nd Officer
Lionel Ngakane African Doctor
Andy Ho Chinese Officer
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