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If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

"The story of ghetto boy and girl trying to raise money for the girl to visit her father in prison."

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.

Top Cast

  • Donna M. Bryan

    Donna M. Bryan

    Billie Jean Sims

  • James Broderick

    James Broderick

    Trick

  • Georgia Burke

    Georgia Burke

    Grannie

  • Laurence Fishburne

    Laurence Fishburne

    Fish

  • Sonny Jim Gaines

    Sonny Jim Gaines

    Mr. Sims

  • Arthur French

    Arthur French

    Customer

  • Moses Gunn

    Moses Gunn

    Mr. Miller

  • Albert Hall

    Albert Hall

    T-Bone Sims

  • Dots Johnson

    Dots Johnson

    Jim

Overview

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.

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