Get on the Bus is a 1996 film about a group of African-American men who are taking a cross-country bus trip in order to participate in the Million Man March. The film was directed by Spike Lee and premiered on the one-year anniversary of the march.
The trip begins in Los Angeles, California and ends in Washington, D.C. where the March is being held.
Along the way, the men get to know each other and discuss various topics including their personal ...
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Get on the Bus is a 1996 film about a group of African-American men who are taking a cross-country bus trip in order to participate in the Million Man March. The film was directed by Spike Lee and premiered on the one-year anniversary of the march.
The trip begins in Los Angeles, California and ends in Washington, D.C. where the March is being held.
Along the way, the men get to know each other and discuss various topics including their personal lives, their political beliefs and even the O.J. Simpson murder case (in which some members of the group share the notion that, even if Simpson was guilty, which they maintain he was not, it was right of him to be acquitted as "payback" for societal racism). The elderly Jeremiah (whom the men nickname "Pop") reveals that after he lost his job, he became an alcoholic and eventually lost his family. He hopes the March will revitalize him and inspire him to turn his life around. Evan Jr., who fancies himself as a gangster named 'Smooth', manages...
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