Almos' a Man

Directed by Stan Lathan

With Colleen Dewhurst, LeVar Burton, Madge Sinclair, Robert DoQui and Garry Goodrow

Although Dave (LeVar Burton) and his family are poor sharecroppers in the Deep South in the 1930s, this 15-year-old's problem is shared by teenagers today: he stands with one foot in adulthood and the other in childhood. "Almos' A Man", yet still treated like a child, he struggles for an identity. There's one thing, one symbol of manhood, Dave thinks, that could guarantee him instant respect: a gun.