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Set in the late 1950s, Floyd (Carl Lumbly), Martha Ree (Juanita Jennings), and Jimmy "Jim-Jam" Ween (Norman D. Golden II) live on land that was promised to Floyd's father and then to Floyd for work they had done. The landowners, the Appletree family, used the promise of the land to keep Floyd Ween working for them.Through a series of events involving Jim-Jam, the young son of Floyd and Martha Ree, the Appletree sons put the transfer of the land in doubt and force the Weens to make a life-changing decision.

Norman D. Golden II and Joan Plowright in On Promised Land (1994)

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Humanitas Prize

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