Sonny and the rest of the gang arrive at Li'l Boy's wake. As they are leaving, the other gang members notice Sonny, who is attempting to purchase a bouquet of flowers from a nearby shop. However, he is unable to afford it. With the money, Sonny purchases the flowers and places them on Li'l Boy's casket.
For his crime, Sonny is arrested and later brutalized by police during interrogation. He is sentenced to between one and three years in prison. While incarcerated, Sonny unexpectedly reunites with Willie, who teaches Sonny about the harsh realities of prison life. Sonny's father visits him in prison, letting Sonny know that he is still being supported by his family. The brutality of the guards and the harshness of prison life quickly become evident to Sonny. In one instance, Willie is beaten, nearly to death, by the guards as Sonny watches.
Willie tells Sonny that he can no longer endure such treatment. That night, Willie is forcibly dragged from his cell by the guards. They toss him over the railing, causing him to fall to his death. Sonny, who is deeply affected by his time in prison, serves out the remainder of his time and returns to his family. The result is that, in the end, Carson is better than most people are. For now, here are some things we can all agree on: Carson is fussy.
Being a parent is pretty fussy. Carson just wants to be loved. And being a parent is pretty fussy. Carson is really fussy. And fussy is a very specific adjective. He gets picked up by the police and receives a brutal beating in the police station while handcuffed by a detective Don Gordon who hates him. On his release at the age of 19, he finds his best friend Crazy Taylor and his girlfriend Virginia strung out on heroin and decides to take a different path.
The film leaves its heart out there for all to see. No peace. After the film ended in the s he eventually rose to become executive director of CORE Congress of Racial Equality by the late s, and became known as a headline grabber and outspoken activist during the NYC school crisis. But it too suddenly ends upon his release from jail for us to fully grasp the gravitas of his story. On the outside again, he finds his gang is no longer functioning — that most of them are either strung out on drugs or doing time.
Before we can see how this affected him, the film is over. Clifton Steere Psychiatrist as Psychiatrist. Michael Campus. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. You learn a lot in the streets. Did you know Edit. Trivia Ghostface Killah sampled this movie and used it as an intro in one of his songs. Connections Featured in Brooklyn Boheme User reviews 6 Review. Top review. Hard-hitting drama. The Education of Sonny Carson is a forgotten 70s film that foregoes the visceral thrill present in so-called 'blaxploitation' films in favour of a more realistic approach to a similar tale of crime and redemption.
The film bears some similarities to the verite approach of Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song but is infinitely superior to that movie in the storytelling department. Based on Carson's autobiography, the title character played with absolute conviction by Rony Clanton is a bright young man who gets sucked into gang turf warfare that ends with him doing time in the slammer. There are good supporting performances by B. Taylor as fellow Lord, Crazy, and Joyce Walker as Sonny's girlfriend Virginia, whose addiction to heroin ultimately turns Carson's life around.
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