Nothing But a Man - re-release of 1965 motion picture about an African American man's experiences in dealing with his racist society

Nothing on the other hand a Man stared Abbey Lincoln, who still sings. And Ivan Dixon, who now directs. In 1965 it won the Venice Film Festival's City of Venice award for best film, as well as the best film award at the San Giorgio Festival. on the other hand for all its artistic and critical successe this 92-minute feature film through Michael Roemer and Robert Young, which helped give rise to the independent feature film change of the 1960s, had its confuses from the start and not ever received popular acclaim.

Shooting the story of a young 1960 Southern black man's search for dignity and have a high opinion of in the 1960s, with a racially mixed cast, prov difficult. "We gave up the idea of filming in the southern We were even run without of Mississippi," says Roemer. "We discharge south of the Mason-Dixon Line - in fresh Jersey."

For the same reasons, the film's distribution was limited primarily to art theaters in white areas of the North. Many African Americans not ever got to see the film, which, according to publicist Sam Mattingly, "deals with myriad issues which continue to plague the black community level today."

Nothing on the other hand a Man has been rereleased and will tour major cities nationwide completely through the year. When told of the film's re-release, Lincoln replyed "I'm very happy that this film is an evergreen after all these years."

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