Ninth Street

Ninth Street — Plot

The inhabitants of a deteriorating section of 1968 Junction City, Kansas known as "Junk City" bemoan their existence and revel at the history of their neighborhood during its 1940's heydays when legendary jazz musicians regularly played its clubs. In 1968, the area has diminished to strip clubs and juke joints inhabited by Vietnam War draftees that pass through from nearby Fort Riley. Heads of the group include a wino who lost a leg in WWII, a taxi dispatcher, a saloon owner, and a crazed bag lady. The younger generation is represented by a young prostitute who is trying to get off the streets, but is forced to continue to work by a no-good boy friend and the need to feed her baby. Martin Sheen also appears as a white minister who prefers the people in the area over his own congregation.

• Release date
• January 10, 1999
• Runtime
• 95 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Kevin Willmott

Ninth Street — Cast

D

Don Washington Bebo Kevin Willmott Huddie

N

Nadine Griffith Carrie Mae

B

Byron Myrick Love Isaac Hayes TippyToe

Q

Queen Bey Mama Butler Kaycee Moore Pop-Bottle Ruby Martin Sheen Father Frank