The Education of Sonny Carson

1974
R
1h 44m

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Rony Clanton in The Education of Sonny Carson (1974)

A gifted young man is caught up in gang life.A gifted young man is caught up in gang life.A gifted young man is caught up in gang life.

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6.8/10

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Trivia
Ghostface Killah sampled this movie and used it as an intro in one of his songs.

Quotes
Wolfe: He *gots* to die. He got - I got to take him off of here. That's right. I *gotta* take him off of here. Because there's only one, and that's me, you understand? For all of that fightin', you understand? The sucker think he good. The sucker think he can whoop me. And I knew he can't whoop me, huh? Hey, boy, the nigger whole style is chump, you understand? When it comes to me, you understand? Just let me get mines first. Then after I get mines, y'all can do what y'all wanna do.

Connections
Featured in Brooklyn Boheme (2011)

Soundtracks
Where Do I Go From Here (Sonny Carson's Theme)
Music by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Lyrics by Bob Kessler
Sung by Leon Ware

Remembering Abubadika Sonny Carson

This movie represents an important historical documentary of a great revolutionary activist and freedom fighter Abubadika Sonny Carson. His-story represents an example and reminder that we must never join forces with those who believe that youth that have lost their way should be tossed away like so many pieces of garbage. In every youth there lives a Sonny Carson and it is up to each of us to help each of them find that spirit perhaps laying dormant in themselves. Once our youth find that revolutionary spirit in themselves they will be able to rise from the ashes of self-destructiveness and take their places as builders and protectors of the community. Fathers share this story and movie with your sons show them the trans-formative power of revolutionary activism. Challenge them play their role in uplifting our community.