Aaron Loves Angela [SEP] narrative location
in the slums of New York City are deeply in love with each other. Angela (Irene Cara) is Puerto Rican girl who lives in the Spanish Harlem with her mother. She falls in love with Aaron (Kevin Hooks), a young black basketball player. Their interracial 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.
Cast.
- Moses
Aaron Loves Angela" (1975). Set in contemporary Harlem at New York's grittiest and most depressing ebb, that film was regarded as a "blaxploitation" version of "Romeo and Juliet", using African American and Puerto Rican ethnicity in lieu of medieval families. While playing a withdrawn teenager, he created electricity opposite the 15-year-old Irene Cara. Jose Feliciano in a bit part and a little comic relief lighten the grimness, as the young lovers encounter nothing but intolerance and the secret location where they meet becomes