TITLE...........: Nothing But a Man (1964) STARS...........: Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, Julius Harris, Gloria Foster DIRECTOR........: Michael Roemer WRITERS.........: Michael Roemer, Robert M. Young GENRE...........: Drama, Romance METACRITIC......: 87 TOMATOMETER.....: 98/88 IMDB SCORE......: 7.9 IMDB LINK.......: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058414 RUNTIME.........: 1h 31mn SIZE............: 6.57 GB VIDEO CODEC.....: HEVC (Main10@L4) BITRATE.........: 10000 Kbps (2-pass) RESOLUTION......: 1480x1080 ASPECT RATIO....: 1.37:1 FRAMERATE.......: 23.976 fps AUDIO...........: English FLAC 1.0 AAC SUBTITLES.......: ENG SOURCE..........: Criterion Blu-ray, New Video NYC DVD ENCODE DATE.....: 2026-01-17 Michael Roemer’s groundbreaking first feature, sensitively shot by his close collaborator Robert M. Young, is a still-resonant expression of humanity in the face of virulent prejudice. Made at the height of the civil rights movement, Nothing but a Man reveals the toll of systemic racism through its honest portrait of a southern Black railroad worker (Ivan Dixon) confronting the daily challenges of discrimination and economic precarity, as he attempts to settle down with his new wife (jazz great Abbey Lincoln) and track down his father (Julius Harris). Admired by Malcolm X and now recognized as a landmark of American cinema, this tender film grounds its social critique in characters of unforgettable complexity and truth. Extras • Cast and Crew: 40 years Later [Upscaled from DVD]