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Alva Rogers, Barbara O. Jones, Adisa Anderson, Cora Lee Day, Kaycee Moore, Trula Hoosier

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nj

oh, wow - haven’t seen this one since college. trying to remember if it was for a class or we did it as a film society screening. i’ll have to save it for the weekend, but i look forward to hearing your thoughts about it.

vala p

I think you underestimate the audience and random pet appearances are exactly what we want to see.

GDF

I'd never heard of this before. However I've learned now that this is the first feature film directed by an African-American woman to receive a wide theatrical release in the United States and is in the Library of Congress as a result.

David Adler

Don't forget who you are, how far we've come. Yes, it's a common thing among immigrants. But these are not immigrants. They had no choice.

David Adler

And this film on a big screen is majestic. Sigh. ☮️

David Adler

It's white muslin, cheapest cloth there was to make dresses and shirts. They weren't buying that stuff from the store or Sears&Roebuck catalogue even though they fantasize about it.

David Adler

And I've always felt Yellow Mary's "friend" was her romantic partner.

David Adler

Damn this film wrecks me. Odd to think my father would be 100 years old. He had many interactions with people on the lower east side tenements of New York City who remembered the Civil War. Nuts.

Youtalkingtome

I really enjoy films that take looks at vultures across generations. This was lovely.

Youtalkingtome

1991 seems awful late historically for a filmmaker to break that barrier. How sad, really,

Youtalkingtome

Very true, Immigrant was definitely not the right word. I was just trying to discuss the universality of generational divides between people who come to America versus those born and raised here. But you are right, these were hostages and slaves, which is a much different horror to carry.

Youtalkingtome

It was ambiguous, which I always enjoy in well-written films. There was such an ethereal feel to so much of this film (which was absolutely beautiful) that it was challenging to characterize what was real and what was symbolically present. Just good filmmaking here all around.

Youtalkingtome

It's wild to think that slavery in America really didn't end all that long ago. The first automobile in America, complete with combustible engine, was driving about 20 years after the Civil War. It's absolutely nuts how recent these events really are.