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“Cornbread, Earl and Me” is a 1975 drama starring Tierre Turner, Laurence Fishburne and Jamaal Wilkes. The film focuses on three African-American youths living in an urban neighborhood.
Nathaniel Hamilton is a star basketball player from the neighborhood, who also goes by the nickname of "Cornbread,” and is a local hero to his much younger friends, Earl Carter and Wilford Robinson. A fatal misunderstanding involving the police ensues and the neighborhood must band together to find justice.
The Paterson Free Public Library is at 250 Broadway, Paterson.
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