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The Landlord

The Landlord

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Overview:

At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert it into a posh flat. But Elgar is not one to be bound by yesterday's urges, and soon he has other thoughts on his mind.
Released: 1970-05-20
Duration: 01:52:00
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tags: Blaxploitation
Keywords: Landlord, Tenant
Director: Marguerite James, Hal Ashby
Writer: Bill Gunn, Kristin Hunter
Cast: Beau Bridges, Marki Bey, Gloria Hendry, ...
Director: Marguerite James Hal Ashby
Writer: Bill Gunn Kristin Hunter
Cast: Beau Bridges Marki Bey Gloria Hendry Mel Stewart Walter Brooke Lee Grant Oliver Clark Marlene Clark John McCurry Susan Anspach Pearl Bailey Carl Lee Héctor Elizondo Trish Van Devere Norman Jewison Diana Sands Van Kirksey Hal Ashby Louis Gossett Jr. Joe Madden Lawrence Cook Robert Klein Will Mackenzie Gretchen Walther Douglas Grant Stanley Greene Florynce Kennedy Grover Dale Lionel G. Wilson Willis Pinkett Hannah Battle Michael Ferguson Bobby V. Garvin Richard Usher Chelle C. Mordecai Chris Calloway Louise Stubbs Tony Major Joan Marshall
Genre: Comedy Drama Romance
Tags: Blaxploitation
Keywords: Landlord Tenant
Description

Elgar Enders, who lives off an allowance from his wealthy parents, buys an inner-city tenement in Park Slope, Brooklyn, which is undergoing gentrification, planning to evict the occupants and construct a luxury home for himself. However, once he ventures into the tenement, he grows fond of the low-income black residents. Enders decides to remain as the landlord, and help fix the building. He rebels against his WASP upbringing, and to his parents' dismay, romances two black women.

The first is Lanie, a mixed-race dancer at a local black club. Lanie has light skin and features due to a mother of Irish descent, and a father of African descent, and has experienced colorism. Their relationship is strained, as Elgar has an affair with one of his tenants, Fanny, and gets her pregnant. Her boyfriend Copee, a black activist with an identity crisis, is enraged when he finds out about the pregnancy, and tries to kill Elgar with an axe but ultimately stops.

The Enders family is shaken by their son's behavior, but reluctantly accepts him. Ultimately, Fanny gives the child up for adoption to start a new life. The story ends with Elgar’s taking custody of the child, mending his relationship with Lanie, and moving in with her. 

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