If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

Life in a black ghetto isn't easy for 14-year-old Billie Jean Sims, who has a father in jail, a blind grandmother, and a brother with a drug habit. Growing up among drug pushers, prostitutes, and pimps, Billie Jean still has some things going for her: fierce pride, a loyal friend named Fish, and, at last, enough savings to visit her father 1200 miles away in prison.

Director: Fred Coe

Cast: Donna M. Bryan, James Broderick, Georgia Burke, Laurence Fishburne, Sonny Jim Gaines, Arthur French, Moses Gunn, Albert Hall

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