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Take a Giant Step

Take a Giant Step

"From Playground to hunting ground - in a bar!"

This pioneering film in the history of African-American cinema, released two years before "A Raisin In The Sun", is the coming-of-age story of a Black high-school student living in a middle-class white neighborhood in the late '50s.

Release DateDecember 1, 1959
StatusReleased
Original TitleTake a Giant Step
Runtime1h 40min
Budget$300,000
Revenue
LanguageEnglish
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesUnited States of America
Production CompaniesHecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions