TY - ADVS AU - Poitier,Sidney AU - Geer,Will AU - Dillman,Bradford AU - Todd,Beverly AU - Kinoy,Ernest AU - Glickman,Joel AU - Goldstone,James ED - Columbia Pictures. ED - E + R (Firm) ED - Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm) TI - Brother John SN - 0767881273 PY - 2003///] CY - Culver City, Calif. PB - Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment KW - African Americans KW - Alabama KW - Drama KW - Social change KW - Criminal investigation KW - Detective and mystery films KW - lcgft KW - Feature films KW - Fiction films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Originally produced as a motion picture in 1970; Special features include trailers for the films Brother John, Raisin in the sun and To sir with love; Director of photography, Gerlad Perry Finnerman ; editor, Edward A. Biery ; music, Quincy Jones; Sidney Poitier, Will Geer, Bradford Dillman, Beverly Todd; MPAA rating: PG-13 N2 - John Kane left his home in Alabama when he was sixteen years-old. There is no way to reach him yet whenever there is a death in the family, he knows to return home. This time he returns to his sister's deathbed. His mysterious appearance stirs the interest of the townsfolk, some thinking he is a Communist agitator, others thinking he is magical, and still others thinking he is a criminal ER -