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African-Americans figure significantly in his work and the hero of his ingenious satirical comedy The Brother From Another Planet is an extraterrestrial fugitive taking on a black identity when seeking refuge from inter-galactic bounty hunters in New York.

Slavery and racism are the background themes haunting "The Brother from Another Planet," his 1984 sci-fi satire about a black alien who crash lands in Harlem and turns out to be a runaway slave traveling an interplanetary version of the underground railway.

Currently in release is Alfonso Cuaron's record-breaking, Golden Globe-nominated hit Y Tu Mama Tambien, the John Sayles Retrospective, which includes The Return of Secaucus Seven (1979), Lianna (1980) and The Brother From Another Planet (1985); and the box office hit comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding, starring Nia Vardalos and John Corbett, and is produced by Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson.

And it led to a series of Sayles classics: "The Brother From Another Planet," "Matewan," "Eight Men Out," "City of Hope," "The Secret of Roan Inish" and last year's "Men With Guns.

Films include Spin the Bottle, Jeffrey, The Lipstick Camera, Handgun, Matewan, The Brother from Another Planet, Alan & Naomi, The Coca-Cola Kid and Key Exchange.

Films include "Spin the Bottle," "Jeffrey," "The Lipstick Camera," "Handgun," "Matewan," "The Brother from Another Planet," "Alan & Naomi," "The Coca-Cola Kid" and "Key Exchange.

Several entries from that year have become synonymous with the widespread success of films made outside of Hollywood, including "Stranger Than Paradise," "The Brother From Another Planet," "Before Stonewall," "The Times of Harvey Milk," and Joel and Ethan Coen's Grand Jury Prize-winning triumph, "Blood Simple.

Films include Spin the Bottle, Jeffrey, The Lipstick Camera, Handgun, Matewan, The Brother from Another Planet, Alan & Naomi, The Coca-Cola Kid and Key Exchange.