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Cauleen Smith
Directed by: Cauleen Smith
Featuring: Toby Smith, April Barnett, Will Power, Channel Schaffer, Salim Akil, Stacey Marbrey, Keith Williams, Earl Ford, Keilan Matthews, Patrick Pulliam, Timothy Braggs
A rediscovered treasure of 1990s DIY filmmaking, Cauleen Smith’s Drylongso embeds an incisive look at racial injustice within a lovingly handmade buddy movie/murder mystery/romance. Alarmed by the rate at which the young Black men around her are dying, brash Oakland art student Pica (Toby Smith) attempts to preserve their existence in Polaroid snapshots, along the way forging a friendship with a woman in an abusive relationship (April Barnett) and experiencing love, heartbreak, and the everyday threat of violence. Capturing the vibrant community spirit of Oakland in the nineties, Smith crafts both a rare cinematic celebration of Black female creativity and a moving elegy for a generation of lost African American men.
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Format: Blu-ray
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1.33:1
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English 1.0 PCM Mono
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English
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A
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1 Disc |
BD-50
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Supplements
- New conversation between Cauleen Smith and film scholar Michael B. Gillespie
- Short films by Smith, including Chronicles of a Lying Spirit by Kelly Gabron, Songs for Earth & Folk, Lessons in Semaphore, Egungun (Ancestor Can’t Find Me), Remote Viewing, and Suffolk, with a new introduction by Cauleen Smith
- Trailer
- An essay by film scholar Yasmina Price
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