Aaron Loves Angela is a 1975 American comedy-drama film written by Gerald Sanford and directed by Gordon Parks Jr. It stars Moses Gunn, Kevin Hooks and Irene Cara.

Aaron Loves Angela
Directed byGordon Parks Jr.
Written byGerald Sanford
Produced byRobert Anderson
Morton J. Mitosky
Lloyd S. Gilmour Jr.
StarringMoses Gunn
Kevin Hooks
Irene Cara
Music byJosé Feliciano
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • December 25, 1975 (1975-12-25)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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A modern adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the film deals with the struggles of living in Harlem and intercultural divides in the 1970s. Two teenagers living in the slums of New York City are deeply in love with each other. Angela is a Puerto Rican girl who lives in Spanish Harlem with her mother. She falls in love with Aaron, a young Black basketball player. Their intercultural relationship is not approved by either of their parents, and they soon find out that the same prejudice is shared by their friends and neighbors. They rebel by meeting in secret, yet soon find themselves in danger.

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Soundtrack

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Angela
 
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedMarch 30, 1976 (1976-03-30)
RecordedNovember, 1975
Genre
Length33:52
LabelPrivate Stock Records
ProducerJosé Feliciano
José Feliciano chronology
Just Wanna Rock'n'Roll
(1975)
Angela
(1976)
Sweet Soul Music
(1977)

The soundtrack, composed by José Feliciano and Janna Marlyn Feliciano, was released as the José Feliciano album Angela for Private Stock Records. Forty years after being recorded, in 2016, the soundtrack was re-released for the first time for digital stores.

Track listing

No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Angela"José Feliciano6:22
2."Sweet Street"José Feliciano2:43
3."I've Got Feeling"José Feliciano4:10
4."Nirvana Part 1 & Part 2"José Feliciano7:31
5."Why?"José Feliciano3:24
6."Michaelangelo"José Feliciano3:36
7."Salsa Negra"José Feliciano5:17
8."As Long as I Have You"José Feliciano6:31

Notes

  • Not included on the album but in the movie were: "What I Wanna Do" (performed by José Feliciano) and "Wilfull Strut". Both these songs were used as B-sides of the single, "Angela" in different territories.
  • In Latin countries, the single "Angela" included the same song sung in Spanish on the B-side, same version in Spanish was also part of the LP in those Latin countries like first song of b-side

See also

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