James Earl Jones In Claudine

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The film watched last class was Claudine. The film was released in 1974. It was directed by John Berry and stars James Earl Jones and Diahann Carroll. The film’s plot is about Diahann Carroll’s character who is a mother of six children who live in New York City and depends on government assistance to provide for her family while also having a job on the side that the government does not know about. James Earl Jones plays a garbage man who finds interest in her and he himself also has three children that do not live with him. They start a relationship with each other but neither of them really want to get serious within the relationship. Carroll’s character’s children at first do not like Jones’ character and do not want their mother to be

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