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Cindy

1978
Directed byWilliam A. Graham
1h 38m

A revisionist twist on Cinderella with an all-black cast and set in Harlem during WWII. Cindy is a country bumpkin who moves from South Carolina to live with her father and his new family. When her stepmother and two stepsisters refuse to take her to the Sugar Hill Ball, her draft-dodging, chauffeur neighbor whips up a little "magic" and at the ball she catches the eye of the richest man in Harlem.

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Charlayne WoodardCindyScoey MitchellFather
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MusicDramaTV Movie
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.0

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