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The Brother from Another Planet

1984·108 min

The Brother from Another Planet

Directed by John Sayles

ComedyScience Fiction

A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.

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The Brother

West Indian Woman

Hispanic Man

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Ernest R. Dickerson

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The Brother from Another Planet (1984) is about a mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.

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John Sayles directed The Brother from Another Planet (1984).

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