
I'm Charlie Walker
1971 post civil rights San Francisco seemed like the perfect place for a black Korean War veteran and his family to realize their dream of economic independence, and a chance for him to be his own boss. Charlie Walker would soon find out how naive he was. In a city full of impostors and naysayers, he refused to take "No" for an answer. That is, until a catastrophic disaster opened a door that had never been open to a Black man before. This is a story about what happened when he stepped through that door with both feet.
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Cast

Carl Lumbly
Willie

Bianca Sia
Black

Laurie Burke
Scorn Woman

Mark Leslie Ford
Mr. Sharpe

Mariel Neto
Mae

John Charles Meyer
Bill

Lyle Kanouse
Chuck White

David Fine
Officer Powell

Vermyttya Erahn
Bar Patron

Boots Riley
Bartender Ray

William O'Keeffe
Oil Man

Monica Barbaro
Peggy

Ron Roggé
Mr. Santini

Steven Wiig
Dan Wallace

Etienne Eckert
Danielle

Sarah Skotvold
Activist (uncredited)

Mike Colter
Charlie Walker

Safiya Fredericks
Ann Walker

Emma Caulfield
Fran

William H. Bryant Jr.
Taxi Cab Driver

Dylan Baker
Mr. Bennett

Greg Cipes
Zephyr

Travis Johns
Red McNulty

David L. Schormann
Bar Patron / Union Laborer