Directed by:
John BerryScreenplay:
Tina PineCinematography:
Gayne RescherComposer:
Curtis MayfieldCast:
Diahann Carroll, James Earl Jones, Art Evans, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Stefan Gierasch, Tim Pelt, Bernard Barrow, Ralph Wilcox, Roxie Roker, Minnie Gentry (more)Plots(1)
Claudine (Diahann Carroll) is a single mother raising six children in the projects of Harlem. What little money she earns comes directly from a rich family for whom she keeps house. Struggling to make ends meet, she resorts to welfare. Claudine works to keep her dignity in the face of the humiliating hoops the welfare system--a system created precisely for women like her--forces her to jump through. She finds grace and romance in a pleasant garbage collector (James Earl Jones). Falling in love, the two work together to fight societal hypocrisy and to keep Claudine's family unit afloat. (official distributor synopsis)
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