Trans Representation Through Disney’s 'Mulan'
Mulan had to struggle to feel like herself and see herself properly. Some of us have to strive to have our reflection mimic what’s inside. We have to crawl. We have to fight.
The Last Adam (2006)
When middle-aged Bobby Jackson returns home to Lake City, Alabama, he wonders about the lives of 'the Bama Rascals,' a band of misfits he led in the seventies. Have the last 20 years been difficult for them as well? Thankfully, when they were growing up as the most diverse bunch in a military, mostly white town, Coach Billy Adams and his wife Betty rescued them with the all-American pastime of baseball. But its been years since they've been together and now that Coach Billy has died from a massive heart attack, the Rascals must face their past serving as pallbearers for his funeral. Tormented by their current life situations and haunted by troubled pasts, will their homecoming be more bitter than sweet?
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When middle-aged Bobby Jackson returns home to Lake City, Alabama, he wonders about the lives of 'the Bama Rascals,' a band of misfits he led in the seventies. Have the last 20 years been difficult for them as well? Thankfully, when they were growing up as the most diverse bunch in a military, mostly white town, Coach Billy Adams and his wife Betty rescued them with the all-American pastime of baseball. But its been years since they've been together and now that Coach Billy has died from a massive heart attack, the Rascals must face their past serving as pallbearers for his funeral. Tormented by their current life situations and haunted by troubled pasts, will their homecoming be more bitter than sweet?
Rating:PG
Genre:Drama
Written By:Shandra L. McDonald, Erroll Bailey
In Theaters:6/11/2006
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Runtime:90 minutes
Studio:
Cast
Edford Banuel Jr.
Director
Leonard Roberts
Bobby Jackson
Jose Yenque
Ricardo Guzman
Carl Lewis
Brian Jones
Anita Gillette
Betty Adams
Daniel Pettrow
Jay Willis
Karla Droege
Candi
Eva Thomas
Lisa Moon
Gregory Alan Williams
Pastor Bailey
Corinne Van Ryck de Groot
Peaches Chamblee
Natasha McCrea
Marie Turner
Chris Tavarez
Young Bobby Jackson
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