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Cane River

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN, EAS, WSQ)

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Tommye Myrick, Richard Romain, Ilunga Adell.

Publication Information

[New York] : Oscilloscope Pictures, [2020]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (104 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Crafted by an entirely African American cast and crew, CANE RIVER is a racially-charged love story in Natchitoches Parish, a "free community of color" in Louisiana. A budding, forbidden romance lays bare the tensions between two black communities, both descended from slaves but of disparate opportunity--the light-skinned, property-owning Creoles and the darker-skinned, more disenfranchised families of the area.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1982.

Special features: Archival TV interview with director Horace B. Jenkins ; new video interview with stars Richard Romain and Tommye Myrick ; new audio essay by Sacha Jenkins, son of director Horace B. Jenkins ; post-screening discussion at Ebertfest (2019) ; theatrical trailer.

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