Aaron and angela, two young adults living in the harlem ghetto of new york city, are deeply in love with each other. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing aaron loves angela near you. I thoroughly enjoyed this film and depicts nyc beautifully throughout. If you like aaron loves angela you are looking for serious and realistic movies about with tragic love, teenage life, crimes, prostitute, strong sexual content, youth and forbidden love themes of comedy, drama and romance genre shot in usa. Cara plays angela, a puerto rican girl who falls in love with aaron, a black ghetto youth kevin hooks. Movie search results for aaron loves angela allmovie. Aaron loves angela movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. Aaron loves angela is a film directed by gordon parks jr. Sensitive story of romance between a black youth and a puerto rican girl. Columbia pictures aaron loves angela, 1975 duration. Aaron is black, while angela is puerto rican, and neither family wants one. As the pair rebel against the prejudices of their families, they soon.
Aaron loves angela is a 1975 american blaxploitation film written by gerald sanford and directed by gordon parks jr. Aaron loves angela 1975 movie clip too much like my old man airing. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Watch the full length movie of aaron loves angela online or on the fios mobile app. Aaron loves angela 1975 is a romance film starring moses gunn, kevin hooks, irene cara, robert hooks, ernestine jackson, leon pinkney, and charles mcgregor. Available on itunes modern day variation on the romeo and juliet theme set in harlem focuses on an africanamerican youth and his puerto rican girlfriend as they struggle against the prejudice of their families and the harsh realities of life in the ghetto. If the idea was to remake shakespeare, director gordon parks jr.
In new york city, a young black boy and puerto rican girl fall in love despite objections from each others families. Aaron loves angela in new york city, a young black boy and puerto rican girl fall in love despite objections from each others families. Videos for aaron loves angela turner classic movies. The script for aaron loves angela is by gerald sanford, and appears to have been adapted from shakespeares romeo and juliet. Released 1975, aaron loves angela stars kevin hooks, irene cara, moses gunn, robert hooks the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 38 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Fandango fanalert sign up for a fanalert and be the first to know when tickets and other exclusives are available in your area. Released 1975, aaron loves angela stars kevinhooks, irenecara, mosesgunn, roberthooks the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 38 min, and received a score of. Pal willie leon pinkney has not only broken in at coney island but also turned on the merrygoround, good fun for mutuallyattracted african american and latin teens kevin hooks and irene cara title characters, getting to know each other, in gordon parks jr. Watch aaron loves angela movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Cara plays angela, a puerto rican girl who falls in love with aaron, a black ghetto youth kevin hooks, whose father robert hooks also appears in the film. Blaxploitation pride aaron loves angela 1975 facebook. Modern day variation on the romeo and juliet theme set in harlem focuses on an africanamerican youth and his puerto rican girlfriend as they struggle against the prejudice of their families and. Aaron is black, while angela is puerto rican, and neither family wants one of their own to associate with the others. Knowing it would result in violent objections, aaron and angela keep their romance a secret from their parents.
Aaron loves angela movie trailer and videos tv guide. The only thing standing in the way of their love is their families. Aaron kevin hooks is a gifted black ballplayer in harlem, n. As the pair rebel against the prejudices of their families, they soon find the conflict. When aaron falls in love with angela, they worry that their racial difference will cause friction between their family and friends. Fame star irene cara made her film bow in aaron loves angela. Watch aaron loves angela 1975 full streaming movie. Nonetheless, aaron loves angela was a chance for filmmakers and performers to show a positive side of black and latino humanity by telling a universal love story that dared to be a little different. Amid all the secrecy, the affair still runs smoothly as the teenagers.