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DVD Details
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: August 18, 2020
- Originally Released: 1982
- Label: Oscilloscope
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Richard Romain & Tommye Myrick | |
Directed by | Horace Jenkins | |
Screenwriting by | Horace Jenkins |
Entertainment Reviews:
100%
TOMATOMETER
Total Count: 13
Jenkins' one and only feature weaves living history, charged and messy, into a homespun, hopeful tale. It's impossible not to wonder what he might have done next.
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Hollywood Reporter
Jenkins's spare, frank lyricism foregrounds the couple's tense discussions about the traumas of history, the weight of cultural memory, and the pressure of racial injustice; he lends the intimate tale a vast and vital resonance.
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New Yorker
Rating: 4/5 --
Rich in resonance and thoroughly revealing in its absolute truth, writer-director Jenkins delivered an absorbing black romancer that delves into the psyche of blackness and belonging.
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The Critical Movie Critics
Rating: 3/4 --
The film's awkwardness is expressive of the pain and confusion of wrestling with truths that shake one's conception of identity.
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Slant Magazine
What Jenkins is after in his 1982 film is a granular, micro regionalism, one that's measured in acres, surnames, and property lines...the film is filled with the pleasures of specificity.
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4Columns
Rating: 4/5 --
It's a deep dive into a fascinating, little-known chapter of American history.
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AARP Movies for Grownups
[R]elaxed, reflective and sweet, a romance shadowed by the complexities of history, race and politics that manages to be both modest and ambitious.
New York Times
Product Description:
Peter Metoyer (Richard Romain), the heir to one of Louisiana's wealthiest African-American families, returns to his ancestral land to claim his inheritance. Upon his return, the outspoken Maria Mathis (Tommye Myrick) captures his attention, and he strives to win her affection despite her reservations. Amidst the racial and class tensions of a divided south, the pair navigates their burgeoning romance in defiance of the forces that strive to keep them apart. Written and directed by Horace Jenkins.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 13,560
- UPC: 850010804170
- Shipping Weight: 0.18/lbs (approx)
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