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When it Rains

All This Jazz • 13m

Directed by Charles Burnett • 1995 • United States

Charles Burnett paints a jazz- and poetry-inflected portrait of African American community and resilience via the story of a mother who enlists a musician’s help when she is evicted on New Year’s Day.

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