Aug. 28, 1964 - The only American movie entered to compete in the Venice Film Festival, “Nothing But a Man,” an independently financed venture that cost only $230,000, directed by a beginner, Michael Roemer, was applauded last night.
“Nothing But a Man” concerns a Negro rover (Ivan Dixon), a carefree laborer on a railroad section gang in the Deep South. He abandons the easy camaraderie of the bunk-car and the honky-tonk and marries the daughter (Abbey Lincoln) of a Baptist minister (Stanley Green), seeking to settle down and earn his living in a small town near Birmingham, Ala.
The younger generation is weary of the pattern set by their parents. The young man’s cockiness soon brings him into conflict with his white bosses. He determines to fight the battle for dignity and independence.
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