Almos' a Man

• Cast: Colleen Dewhurst, LeVar Burton, Madge Sinclair, Robert DoQui, Garry Goodrow
• Duration: 39 minutes
• Genre: Drama, TV Movie
• Rating: N/A/10
• Release Date: 1976-04-05

Although Dave (LeVar Burton) and his family are poor sharecroppers in the Deep South in the 1930s, this 15-year-old's problem is shared by teenagers today: he stands with one foot in adulthood and the other in childhood. "Almos' A Man", yet still treated like a child, he struggles for an identity. There's one thing, one symbol of manhood, Dave thinks, that could guarantee him instant respect: a gun.