| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (105 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Performer |
Richard Romain, Tommye Myrick |
| Event |
Originally produced by Oscilloscope Laboratories in 1982. |
| Summary |
Written, produced, and directed by Emmy Award-winning documentarian, Horace B. Jenkins, and 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. This lyrical, visionary film disappeared for decades after Jenkins died suddenly following the film’s completion, robbing generations of a talented, vibrant new voice in African American cinema. Available now for the first time in nearly forty years in a brand-new, state-of-the-art 4k restoration. *"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." - Sheri Linden, **Hollywood Reporter*** |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Racism.
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Drama.
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Motion pictures.
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Romance.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
B. Jenkins, Horace, film director.
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Romain, Richard, actor.
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Myrick, Tommye, actor.
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Oscilloscope Laboratories (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
7224737 Kanopy |
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