Liberty Heights

Liberty Heights is a 1999 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Barry Levinson. The film is a semi-autobiographical account of his childhood growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s. The film portrays instances of social injustices encountered by Jewish and African-American populations. The two sons of Nate Kurtzman are attracted to young women who happen to be on the other side of social divides of the period. Their father Nate goes to prison for running a burlesque show with Little Melvin, an African-American local drug dealer. It is the fourth of Levinson's "Baltimore Films", set in his hometown during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s; the first three are Diner (1982), Tin Men (1987) and Avalon (1990).