The Last Brickmaker in America

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  • PG
  • Genre(s):Drama
  • Release year: 2001
  • Running time: 85 min
Academy Award® winner Sidney Poitier delivers a stirring performance as an honest laborer fighting for tradition in The Last Brickmaker in America. The story follows Henry Cobb (Poitier), who has proudly poured 57 years of sweat and blood into his family's brickyard.read more

Academy Award® winner Sidney Poitier delivers a stirring performance as an honest laborer fighting for tradition in The Last Brickmaker in America. The story follows Henry Cobb (Poitier), who has proudly poured 57 years of sweat and blood into his family's brickyard. After toiling from dusk until dawn every day but Sunday, Henry's passion for his work disappears and is replaced by grief from the death of his wife and fear of automation's increasing hold on American manufacturing.

Original Release

09/23/2001

US Release

09/23/2001

Cast

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Directors

Gregg Champion

Writers

Richard Leder

Cast

Producers

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