Synopsis

Release Date: 10/01/1984
Rating: R
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Comedy , Science fiction
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Joe Morton , Olga Merediz , Ray Ramirez , Darryl Edwards

Filmmaker John Sayles' first bonafide box-office success, Brother from Another Planet centers on a black escaped slave from a faraway planet (Joe Morton) who finds himself on the mean streets Harlem. Though the locals are put off by the slave's inability to speak, they are won over by his technical wizardry. He is adopted as a "brother" by his new friends, who protect him from pursuing white aliens played by director Sayles and David Strathairn.

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