The Education of Sonny Carson

Based on a best-selling autobiography by outspoken activist Sonny Carson (Mwalamu Imiri Abubadika), "The Education of Sonny Carson" is a thoughtful and sensitive film about the early life of a ghetto youngster who falls into a life of gangs and petty crime. Rap and hip hop artists, most notably Wu-Tang Clan and Lauren Hill, continue to refer to the movie in their works. Sonny Carson (Rony Clanton) struggles to survive in Brooklyn's toughest section. The film begins with Sonny garnering honors as the best student in his junior high school, then reveals his transformation into a gangster. Soon, he enters prison for robbing a delivery boy out of $25 to buy flowers for a friend killed in a gang war. After Sonny is released from prison, he returns home to find his best girl hooked on drugs. He realizes that his life won't change unless he rises above the violence, crime, and unrest of his urban environment.

Director: Michael I. Campus
Director: Michael Campus
Producer: Craig W. Van Sickle
Producer: David Golden
Producer: Frederick King Keller
Producer: Irwin Yablans
Actor: Chris Forster
Actor: Dennis Keir
Actor: Derrick Champ Ford
Actor: George Lee Miles
Actor: Jess Bolero
Actor: Roger Hill
Actor: Todd Everett
Actor: B.T. Taylor
Actor: Clifton Steere
Actor: David Kernan
Actor: Don Gordon
Actor: Jerry Bell
Actor: Joyce Walker
Actor: Linda Hopkins
Actor: Mary Alice
Actor: Mervyn Nelson
Actor: Paul Benjamin
Actor: Ram John Holder
Actor: Ray Rainbow Johnson
Actor: Roger Davis
Actor: Rony Clanton
Actor: Thomas Hicks