Cindy (1978)
Overview : A revisionist twist on Cinderella with an all-black cast and set in Harlem during WWII. Cindy is a country bumpkin who moves from South Carolina to live with her father and his new family. When her stepmother and two stepsisters refuse to take her to the Sugar Hill Ball, her draft-dodging, chauffeur neighbor whips up a little "magic" and at the ball she catches the eye of the richest man in Harlem.
Release Date : March 24, 1978
Runtime : 98m
Genre : Music, Drama, TV Movie
Companies : John-Charles-Walters Productions, Paramount Television
Countries : United States of America
Keywords : musical, inner city, retelling, harlem, new york city, 1940s