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The Clark Atlanta University Panther
February 14, 1994
Sugar Hill, A Powerful Saga That Promises To Be Big Hit
Sugar Hill
Compiled by Redelia Shaw
“Sugar Hill” is a pow
erful saga about redemption,
love and the price two brothers
are forced to pay to fulfill their
destinies, in a high stakes game
for control of the streets they
rule. In many ways, this movie
is the real and brutal history of
the first “hood.” The title
“Sugar Hill” is taken from the
legendary neighborhood that
represented the aspirations and
hopes of all Harlem.
Wesley Snipes stars in
“Sugar Hill” as Roemello
Skuggs, the younger, yet wiser
and cooler-headed brother to
Raynathan, played by Michael
Wright. Together, they have
battled their way to the top of
their own crime empire, which
has brought them money,
power and infamy.
But now Roemello,
weary of the violence that sur
rounds him and offered the
promise of a better life with a
new love, Melissa (Theresa
Randle), has decided to walk
away from this destructive
world, The painful decision
threatens to bring down not
onl/ the lucrative business he
and Raynathan have built
together, but the last vestiges of
his family as well.
“Sugar Hill” is a reali
ty-based story which illustrates
both sides of street life. It
shows that the strong-willed do
survive and that the streets take
a toll on young victims. Actor
Michael Wrights character is a
case in point. As Raynathan,
he portrays the brash and
unpredictable older brother who
cannot assume control of the
family’s business. Unwilling to
go straight, he is trapped in a
life of organized crime. “He
doesn’t see any alternatives,”
says wright. “All he knows are
the streets. Ray’s not gonna be
a soda jerk, taxi driver, shoe
salesman or something like
that. So what’s he going to do?
It’s a tragedy,” says Wright.
Wesley Snipes
describes “Sugar Hill” as a film
about relationships and the
search for fulfillment. “It’s a
Cain and Abel story played by
Michael Wright and myself,"
he explains. “It’s a human
drama piece that delves into the
psches of these men.” Off
screen as well as on, Snipes
believes he and Wright embody
the temperament of their char
acters. “I’m reserved;
Michael’s animated. I’m tacti
cal and experimental; he’s emo
tional and expressive.”
Snipes also says the
story typifies what so many
young African American men
experience in major cities
throughout the country. Like
Wright’s character in the film,
they become casualties in the
war to survive on the streets.
“It’s about the quicksand effect
of the drug business — and of
ghetto life period, “ says
Snipes. “It’s about trying to
climb out of a hole to rise up to
a certain level, and getting
sucked back down.”
Beacon Presents
“Sugar Hill,” a South Street
Entertainment Group
Production of a Film by Leon
Ichaso. The film stars Wesley
Snipes, and also stars Michael
Wright, Theresa Randle,
Clarence Williams III, with
Abe Vigoda and Ernie Hudson.
“Sugar Hill” is directed by
Leon Ichaso, written by Barry
Michael Cooper and produced
by Rudy Langlais & Gregory
Brown. Armyan Bernstein,
Tom Rosenberg and Marc
Abraham are the executive pro
ducers. The film is being
released by Twentieth Century
Fox. The soundtrack is avail
able on Fox Records/Beacon
Records.
PINDER
CONTINUEF
FROM
P.5
Educational Chairperson of Bumstead Hall, a
recent member of Alpha Kappa Mu National
Honor Society, Atlanta-Bahamian Association,
the Psychology Club, a mentor at Atlanta
Elementary School, interning at Georgia Mental
Health Institute and the CAU Players, Pinder
maintains her school workload and is an honor
student.
Along with speaking, Pinder said she loves to
act. Last semester she held a leading role in the
CAU Players production of George C. Wolfe’s
The Colored Museum directed by Professor
Joan W. Lewis.
Pinder is a senior majoring in psychology. She
is a transfer student .from the College of the
Bahamas.
She said she chose CAU because she wanted
to receive the ultimate “black experience.”
Pinder said she had heard good things about the
Atlanta University Center and wanted to attend
the only university in the center.
After graduation in May, she plans to take all
she has learned and experienced at CAU to
graduate school. Pinder plans on becoming a
Clinical Psychologist with hopes of eventually
teaching at the university level.
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