The Last Dragon

Friday, April 29 - Saturday, April 30, 2022

Staff Pick! Chosen by Sam who says: “I chose THE LAST DRAGON as my staff pick because it’s one of my mom and I’s favorite films and Taimak is awesome! I also like that one of the themes is to believe in yourself!”

An enjoyable pastiche of martial arts, romance, music, and video, THE LAST DRAGON presents a likable young hero, Leroy (Taimak), who aspires to become a kung fu master. Though black and living in Harlem with his family, Leroy lives like a Chinese. Trouble arises in the form of a huge black man who calls himself “Sho’ Nuff, who is determined to prove himself the kung fu master of the neighborhood.

  • Year 1985
  • Running Time 109 minutes
  • Distributor Sony Pictures Classics
  • Director Michael Schultz
  • Cast Taimak, Vanity, Christopher Murney
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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