Word: tyson
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...director whose feature films (Funnyman, riverrun) have lacked emotional fire, here employs his unobtrusive and objective camera to excellent effect. Violence is seen as a constant element rather than a shocking intrusion on a black's existence. As such, its impact is all the more terrible. Finally, Cicely Tyson, whose muted fury was the driving force in Sounder, plays Miss Jane. Once again she demonstrates (even when handicapped by an old-age makeup that is literally too thick to believe) that she is a subtly skilled actress who can convey not just the history of a character...
...Yale attack hinges on the quarterbacking talents of Brian Book and the receiving abilities of split end Renny Tyson. Linebacker Pete Bonacum has been the most consistent performer on the Eli defense...
...during the Depression. Sounder details their struggle for existence and their hope that the eldest son. David Lee (Kevin-Hooks), will one day escape the sharecropper's life. Much like my mother's family, the Morgans struggle endlessly to do the white man's work, because as Rebecca (Ciely Tyson), the mother, says. "We owe him all that money...
...been taken, he quickly cautions Rebecca, "Let us not take in bitterness, for God works in mysterious ways. We brought nothin' into this life and we take nothin' out." "Is that a blessin', Reverend," she retorts, asking a question blacks should have asked themselves a long time ago. Tyson's confrontation with the Reverend is just one of several scenes in which her performance is both evocative and dramatic. Ritt has the ability to flush a flood of emotion from his actors. All the performances are convincing; and child-actor Kevin Hooks is endearing...
...insane asylum. This story about a black Louisiana depression family isn't overly sentimental--in fact, critics of the film have claimed the environment it etches is harsher than what they personally experienced in similar times and places and table-turning social truths more it powerfully effective. Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield stand out as Kevin Hooks' parents: Martin (Hud) Ritt directs with surprising force and tact...