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- His side,her side and the truth: A shocking BAYOU
- A healing mechanism? . . .
- EVES BAYOU
- Under-recognized
- More Dis-unity
|
Eve's Bayou
Starring:
Jurnee Smollett ,
Meagan Good ,
Samuel L. Jackson ,
Lynn Whitfield , and
Debbi Morgan
Director:
Kasi Lemmons
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Release Date: 1998-03-25 |
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Actress Kasi Lemmons made an auspicious debut as a writer and director with this delicately handled, wrenchingly emotional drama, hailed by critic Roger Ebert as one of the best films of 1997. Eve's Bayou begins with ominous narration: "The summer I killed my father, I was 10 years old." From that point the story moves backward in time and memory to Louisiana in 1962, when a young girl named Eve (Jurnee Smollett) witnesses a shocking act on the part of her womanizing father (Samuel L. Jackson). But what really happened? And can Eve be certain about what she saw when there is more than one interpretation of the facts? Less a mystery than a study of deeply rooted emotions rising to the surface to affect an entire family, the film has the quality of classic Southern literature, with layers of memory unfolding to reveal a carefully guarded truth. Barely seen during its theatrical release, this lushly photographed film deserves to be rediscovered on digital video disc. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
His side,her side and the truth: A shocking BAYOU.......2007-07-18
My grandmother once said, "There are three sides to every story: his side, her side and the truth!" I have NEVER forgotten it!What you see may NOT always be what is true...or is it???
EVE'S BAYOU is a totally absorbing and genuinely well directed and performed film of great sensitivity and nuance. From the opening of the shocking line "That was the year I killed my father", EVE'S BAYOU is a continued exposing of layers of secrets, betrayals, misinterpretations and murder that have effected generations of the Batiste family, descendants of a white Frenchman and a black slave woman's sixteen children in the Louisiana Bayou.
What starts with the youngest daughter Eve (an incredible Jurnee Smollett) witnessing her father (Samuel L. Jackson) and a family friend (Lisa Nicole Carson) having sex in the carriage house, blossoms into an intrigue of forced silence and unbearable secrecy and ultimate hatred for her father and her over protective mother (Lynn Whitfield)and jealousy and mistrust of her older sister Cisely.With a magnificently acted supporting role as Aunt Mozelle the "healing psychic", Debbi Morgan becomes the glue through which the family confronts "the truth." The problem is that for one reason or another all involved have their own interpretations of "the truth" which leads Eve to seek out the local "Voodoo" Lady ( a truly outstanding Diahann Carroll).At this point I will stop.What happens here totally throws the story into a mysterious and downright creepy high gear....and WHAT AN INTERESTING ENDING!!!!
This is truly a well done piece of story telling and film making by Kasi Lemmons (SEE HER 2007 film TALK TO ME with Don Cheadle- OUTSTANDING!). Lemmons, as an actress herself, truly allows her stars to interpret the material in a very professional yet natural way. Lemmons does not rush scenes. She allows a tremendous amount of space for the viewer to digest what is transpiring.She allows the moss covered bayou to be savoured and contemplated and the underscoring of Terence Blanchard's original soundtrack
breathes gently throughout the film. This is an outstanding film and will be likely viewed many times for it's story, artistic direction ,camera work and thoughtful and riveting performances. I can totally see why critic Roger Ebert felt that EVE'S BAYOU was the best film of 1997!
Excellent companion films would be THE SWEET HEREAFTER (especially!!!), SOMETHING ABOUT AMELIA, BELOVED, MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL and THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD and STEEL MAGNOLIAS(for more about Louisiana life).
A healing mechanism? . . ........2007-07-06
After owning this film for two+ years, I can safely say it's a keeper even with my 2-star rating. Eve's Bayou reveals a historical narrative that many families can relate to, but few often confront it. The film could be used as an educational tool towards deconstructing the 'silencing of the feminine voice.' If you're curious. . .have a look.
EVES BAYOU.......2007-05-21
This is a wonderful story set in beautiful New Orleans, that showcases young Jurnee Smollett and a host of other seasoned actors . The story is at times funny and heartbreaking tale about a young girl who discovers her father is just a man with faults and vices like any other man. Played by Sam Jackson Her Dr. father is having multiple affairs with his female patients. After her older sister accuses him of molesting her, The youngest daughter seeks help from the local voodoo practitioner(PLayed by the wonderful Diahnne Carroll) to get revenge for what she believes is the ultimate betrayal. There is also an aunt who is clarivoyant who seems to be doomed to lose her husbands in violent ways. I wont tell any more of the story except to say that once you have seen it you will watch it over and over again its a classic .
Under-recognized.......2007-02-28
Most quality films these days are the ones that fly under the "Hollywood Radar." And "Eve's Bayou" is one of them. Wonderful ensemble cast, beautiful setting and a troubling and intriguing storyline makes this one of the best I have seen in the past decade. Debbie Morgan's performance was outstanding and Jurnee Smollet had great depth for someone so young as she was at that time. All in all, a great film.
More Dis-unity.......2007-02-16
Another tired story about the Blackman as the horrible villian and the Blackwoman as the innocent victim...And we wonder why our community has so many problems..Maybe it's because of attitudes that are based on fantasy like this film and some other films..."Color Purple" , "For Colored Girls...." etc. We need to stop the finger pointing a realize that liberation can only occur if we "work together"...That means Blackmen and Blackwomen...
Average customer rating:
- His side,her side and the truth: A shocking BAYOU
- A healing mechanism? . . .
- EVES BAYOU
- Under-recognized
- More Dis-unity
|
Eve's Bayou (Ws Sub)
Starring:
Jurnee Smollett ,
Meagan Good ,
Samuel L. Jackson ,
Lynn Whitfield , and
Debbi Morgan
Director:
Kasi Lemmons
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD
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ASIN: B00007L4KF
Release Date: 2003-02-18 |
Product Description
Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve's Bayou as the Bastiste family tries to survive the secrets they've kept and the betrayals they've endured. Roz Batiste (Lynn Whitfield) is a beautiful and dedicated mother of three, who is forced to admit that her family is falling apart due to her philandering husband Louis (Samuel L. Jackson). Her younger daughter, Eve, witnesses one of her father's infidelities. Struggling to make sense of what she has seen, Eve turns to her older sister Cisely, who dismisses her fear of the truth, and then to her Aunt Mozelle (Debbie Morgan), a known psychic and rumored black widow. Unable to find the understanding that she is looking for, Eve decides to take matters into her own hands.
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Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield, Diahann Carroll, Lisa Nicole Carson, Vondie Curtis Hall, Branford Marsalis, Debbie Morgan, Jurnee Smollett
Directed By: Kasi Lemmons
Running Time: 119 Min., Color
Copyright Lion's Gate Entertainment 2003.
Format: DVD MOVIE
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Actress Kasi Lemmons made an auspicious debut as a writer and director with this delicately handled, wrenchingly emotional drama, hailed by critic Roger Ebert as one of the best films of 1997. Eve's Bayou begins with ominous narration: "The summer I killed my father, I was 10 years old." From that point the story moves backward in time and memory to Louisiana in 1962, when a young girl named Eve (Jurnee Smollett) witnesses a shocking act on the part of her womanizing father (Samuel L. Jackson). But what really happened? And can Eve be certain about what she saw when there is more than one interpretation of the facts? Less a mystery than a study of deeply rooted emotions rising to the surface to affect an entire family, the film has the quality of classic Southern literature, with layers of memory unfolding to reveal a carefully guarded truth. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
His side,her side and the truth: A shocking BAYOU.......2007-07-18
My grandmother once said, "There are three sides to every story: his side, her side and the truth!" I have NEVER forgotten it!What you see may NOT always be what is true...or is it???
EVE'S BAYOU is a totally absorbing and genuinely well directed and performed film of great sensitivity and nuance. From the opening of the shocking line "That was the year I killed my father", EVE'S BAYOU is a continued exposing of layers of secrets, betrayals, misinterpretations and murder that have effected generations of the Batiste family, descendants of a white Frenchman and a black slave woman's sixteen children in the Louisiana Bayou.
What starts with the youngest daughter Eve (an incredible Jurnee Smollett) witnessing her father (Samuel L. Jackson) and a family friend (Lisa Nicole Carson) having sex in the carriage house, blossoms into an intrigue of forced silence and unbearable secrecy and ultimate hatred for her father and her over protective mother (Lynn Whitfield)and jealousy and mistrust of her older sister Cisely.With a magnificently acted supporting role as Aunt Mozelle the "healing psychic", Debbi Morgan becomes the glue through which the family confronts "the truth." The problem is that for one reason or another all involved have their own interpretations of "the truth" which leads Eve to seek out the local "Voodoo" Lady ( a truly outstanding Diahann Carroll).At this point I will stop.What happens here totally throws the story into a mysterious and downright creepy high gear....and WHAT AN INTERESTING ENDING!!!!
This is truly a well done piece of story telling and film making by Kasi Lemmons (SEE HER 2007 film TALK TO ME with Don Cheadle- OUTSTANDING!). Lemmons, as an actress herself, truly allows her stars to interpret the material in a very professional yet natural way. Lemmons does not rush scenes. She allows a tremendous amount of space for the viewer to digest what is transpiring.She allows the moss covered bayou to be savoured and contemplated and the underscoring of Terence Blanchard's original soundtrack
breathes gently throughout the film. This is an outstanding film and will be likely viewed many times for it's story, artistic direction ,camera work and thoughtful and riveting performances. I can totally see why critic Roger Ebert felt that EVE'S BAYOU was the best film of 1997!
Excellent companion films would be THE SWEET HEREAFTER (especially!!!), SOMETHING ABOUT AMELIA, BELOVED, MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL and THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD and STEEL MAGNOLIAS(for more about Louisiana life).
A healing mechanism? . . ........2007-07-06
After owning this film for two+ years, I can safely say it's a keeper even with my 2-star rating. Eve's Bayou reveals a historical narrative that many families can relate to, but few often confront it. The film could be used as an educational tool towards deconstructing the 'silencing of the feminine voice.' If you're curious. . .have a look.
EVES BAYOU.......2007-05-21
This is a wonderful story set in beautiful New Orleans, that showcases young Jurnee Smollett and a host of other seasoned actors . The story is at times funny and heartbreaking tale about a young girl who discovers her father is just a man with faults and vices like any other man. Played by Sam Jackson Her Dr. father is having multiple affairs with his female patients. After her older sister accuses him of molesting her, The youngest daughter seeks help from the local voodoo practitioner(PLayed by the wonderful Diahnne Carroll) to get revenge for what she believes is the ultimate betrayal. There is also an aunt who is clarivoyant who seems to be doomed to lose her husbands in violent ways. I wont tell any more of the story except to say that once you have seen it you will watch it over and over again its a classic .
Under-recognized.......2007-02-28
Most quality films these days are the ones that fly under the "Hollywood Radar." And "Eve's Bayou" is one of them. Wonderful ensemble cast, beautiful setting and a troubling and intriguing storyline makes this one of the best I have seen in the past decade. Debbie Morgan's performance was outstanding and Jurnee Smollet had great depth for someone so young as she was at that time. All in all, a great film.
More Dis-unity.......2007-02-16
Another tired story about the Blackman as the horrible villian and the Blackwoman as the innocent victim...And we wonder why our community has so many problems..Maybe it's because of attitudes that are based on fantasy like this film and some other films..."Color Purple" , "For Colored Girls...." etc. We need to stop the finger pointing a realize that liberation can only occur if we "work together"...That means Blackmen and Blackwomen...
Average customer rating:
- His side,her side and the truth: A shocking BAYOU
- A healing mechanism? . . .
- EVES BAYOU
- Under-recognized
- More Dis-unity
|
Eve's Bayou
Starring:
Jurnee Smollett ,
Meagan Good ,
Samuel L. Jackson ,
Lynn Whitfield , and
Debbi Morgan
Director:
Kasi Lemmons
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD
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Ayler, Ethel
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Carson, Lisa Nicole
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Rosewood
-
Beloved
-
The Women of Brewster Place
-
The Color Purple (Two-Disc Special Edition)
-
Set It Off
ASIN: B000089Q7I |
Amazon.com essential video
Actress Kasi Lemmons made an auspicious debut as a writer and director with this delicately handled, wrenchingly emotional drama, hailed by critic Roger Ebert as one of the best films of 1997. Eve's Bayou begins with ominous narration: "The summer I killed my father, I was 10 years old." From that point the story moves backward in time and memory to Louisiana in 1962, when a young girl named Eve (Jurnee Smollett) witnesses a shocking act on the part of her womanizing father (Samuel L. Jackson). But what really happened? And can Eve be certain about what she saw when there is more than one interpretation of the facts? Less a mystery than a study of deeply rooted emotions rising to the surface to affect an entire family, the film has the quality of classic Southern literature, with layers of memory unfolding to reveal a carefully guarded truth. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
His side,her side and the truth: A shocking BAYOU.......2007-07-18
My grandmother once said, "There are three sides to every story: his side, her side and the truth!" I have NEVER forgotten it!What you see may NOT always be what is true...or is it???
EVE'S BAYOU is a totally absorbing and genuinely well directed and performed film of great sensitivity and nuance. From the opening of the shocking line "That was the year I killed my father", EVE'S BAYOU is a continued exposing of layers of secrets, betrayals, misinterpretations and murder that have effected generations of the Batiste family, descendants of a white Frenchman and a black slave woman's sixteen children in the Louisiana Bayou.
What starts with the youngest daughter Eve (an incredible Jurnee Smollett) witnessing her father (Samuel L. Jackson) and a family friend (Lisa Nicole Carson) having sex in the carriage house, blossoms into an intrigue of forced silence and unbearable secrecy and ultimate hatred for her father and her over protective mother (Lynn Whitfield)and jealousy and mistrust of her older sister Cisely.With a magnificently acted supporting role as Aunt Mozelle the "healing psychic", Debbi Morgan becomes the glue through which the family confronts "the truth." The problem is that for one reason or another all involved have their own interpretations of "the truth" which leads Eve to seek out the local "Voodoo" Lady ( a truly outstanding Diahann Carroll).At this point I will stop.What happens here totally throws the story into a mysterious and downright creepy high gear....and WHAT AN INTERESTING ENDING!!!!
This is truly a well done piece of story telling and film making by Kasi Lemmons (SEE HER 2007 film TALK TO ME with Don Cheadle- OUTSTANDING!). Lemmons, as an actress herself, truly allows her stars to interpret the material in a very professional yet natural way. Lemmons does not rush scenes. She allows a tremendous amount of space for the viewer to digest what is transpiring.She allows the moss covered bayou to be savoured and contemplated and the underscoring of Terence Blanchard's original soundtrack
breathes gently throughout the film. This is an outstanding film and will be likely viewed many times for it's story, artistic direction ,camera work and thoughtful and riveting performances. I can totally see why critic Roger Ebert felt that EVE'S BAYOU was the best film of 1997!
Excellent companion films would be THE SWEET HEREAFTER (especially!!!), SOMETHING ABOUT AMELIA, BELOVED, MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL and THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD and STEEL MAGNOLIAS(for more about Louisiana life).
A healing mechanism? . . ........2007-07-06
After owning this film for two+ years, I can safely say it's a keeper even with my 2-star rating. Eve's Bayou reveals a historical narrative that many families can relate to, but few often confront it. The film could be used as an educational tool towards deconstructing the 'silencing of the feminine voice.' If you're curious. . .have a look.
EVES BAYOU.......2007-05-21
This is a wonderful story set in beautiful New Orleans, that showcases young Jurnee Smollett and a host of other seasoned actors . The story is at times funny and heartbreaking tale about a young girl who discovers her father is just a man with faults and vices like any other man. Played by Sam Jackson Her Dr. father is having multiple affairs with his female patients. After her older sister accuses him of molesting her, The youngest daughter seeks help from the local voodoo practitioner(PLayed by the wonderful Diahnne Carroll) to get revenge for what she believes is the ultimate betrayal. There is also an aunt who is clarivoyant who seems to be doomed to lose her husbands in violent ways. I wont tell any more of the story except to say that once you have seen it you will watch it over and over again its a classic .
Under-recognized.......2007-02-28
Most quality films these days are the ones that fly under the "Hollywood Radar." And "Eve's Bayou" is one of them. Wonderful ensemble cast, beautiful setting and a troubling and intriguing storyline makes this one of the best I have seen in the past decade. Debbie Morgan's performance was outstanding and Jurnee Smollet had great depth for someone so young as she was at that time. All in all, a great film.
More Dis-unity.......2007-02-16
Another tired story about the Blackman as the horrible villian and the Blackwoman as the innocent victim...And we wonder why our community has so many problems..Maybe it's because of attitudes that are based on fantasy like this film and some other films..."Color Purple" , "For Colored Girls...." etc. We need to stop the finger pointing a realize that liberation can only occur if we "work together"...That means Blackmen and Blackwomen...
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Eve's Bayou (Director's Cut)
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The story is set in 1962 Louisiana. The big Batiste family is headed by charming doctor Louis. Though he is married to beautiful Roz, he has a weakness for attractive women patients. One day Louis is flirting with married and sexy Metty Mereaux, not knowing that he is observed by his youngest idealistic daughter Eve, who is there by accident. Eve can not forget the incident which is traumatic for her naivete and shares a secret with older sister Cisely. Lies start to roll...
Average customer rating:
- His side,her side and the truth: A shocking BAYOU
- A healing mechanism? . . .
- EVES BAYOU
- Under-recognized
- More Dis-unity
|
Eve's Bayou
Starring:
Jurnee Smollett ,
Meagan Good ,
Samuel L. Jackson ,
Lynn Whitfield , and
Debbi Morgan
Director:
Kasi Lemmons
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD
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Ayler, Ethel
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Carroll, Diahann
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Carson, Lisa Nicole
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Good, Meagan
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Jackson, Samuel L
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Rosewood
-
Beloved
-
The Women of Brewster Place
-
The Color Purple (Two-Disc Special Edition)
-
Set It Off
ASIN: B000065HVT |
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Actress Kasi Lemmons made an auspicious debut as a writer and director with this delicately handled, wrenchingly emotional drama, hailed by critic Roger Ebert as one of the best films of 1997. Eve's Bayou begins with ominous narration: "The summer I killed my father, I was 10 years old." From that point the story moves backward in time and memory to Louisiana in 1962, when a young girl named Eve (Jurnee Smollett) witnesses a shocking act on the part of her womanizing father (Samuel L. Jackson). But what really happened? And can Eve be certain about what she saw when there is more than one interpretation of the facts? Less a mystery than a study of deeply rooted emotions rising to the surface to affect an entire family, the film has the quality of classic Southern literature, with layers of memory unfolding to reveal a carefully guarded truth. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
His side,her side and the truth: A shocking BAYOU.......2007-07-18
My grandmother once said, "There are three sides to every story: his side, her side and the truth!" I have NEVER forgotten it!What you see may NOT always be what is true...or is it???
EVE'S BAYOU is a totally absorbing and genuinely well directed and performed film of great sensitivity and nuance. From the opening of the shocking line "That was the year I killed my father", EVE'S BAYOU is a continued exposing of layers of secrets, betrayals, misinterpretations and murder that have effected generations of the Batiste family, descendants of a white Frenchman and a black slave woman's sixteen children in the Louisiana Bayou.
What starts with the youngest daughter Eve (an incredible Jurnee Smollett) witnessing her father (Samuel L. Jackson) and a family friend (Lisa Nicole Carson) having sex in the carriage house, blossoms into an intrigue of forced silence and unbearable secrecy and ultimate hatred for her father and her over protective mother (Lynn Whitfield)and jealousy and mistrust of her older sister Cisely.With a magnificently acted supporting role as Aunt Mozelle the "healing psychic", Debbi Morgan becomes the glue through which the family confronts "the truth." The problem is that for one reason or another all involved have their own interpretations of "the truth" which leads Eve to seek out the local "Voodoo" Lady ( a truly outstanding Diahann Carroll).At this point I will stop.What happens here totally throws the story into a mysterious and downright creepy high gear....and WHAT AN INTERESTING ENDING!!!!
This is truly a well done piece of story telling and film making by Kasi Lemmons (SEE HER 2007 film TALK TO ME with Don Cheadle- OUTSTANDING!). Lemmons, as an actress herself, truly allows her stars to interpret the material in a very professional yet natural way. Lemmons does not rush scenes. She allows a tremendous amount of space for the viewer to digest what is transpiring.She allows the moss covered bayou to be savoured and contemplated and the underscoring of Terence Blanchard's original soundtrack
breathes gently throughout the film. This is an outstanding film and will be likely viewed many times for it's story, artistic direction ,camera work and thoughtful and riveting performances. I can totally see why critic Roger Ebert felt that EVE'S BAYOU was the best film of 1997!
Excellent companion films would be THE SWEET HEREAFTER (especially!!!), SOMETHING ABOUT AMELIA, BELOVED, MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL and THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD and STEEL MAGNOLIAS(for more about Louisiana life).
A healing mechanism? . . ........2007-07-06
After owning this film for two+ years, I can safely say it's a keeper even with my 2-star rating. Eve's Bayou reveals a historical narrative that many families can relate to, but few often confront it. The film could be used as an educational tool towards deconstructing the 'silencing of the feminine voice.' If you're curious. . .have a look.
EVES BAYOU.......2007-05-21
This is a wonderful story set in beautiful New Orleans, that showcases young Jurnee Smollett and a host of other seasoned actors . The story is at times funny and heartbreaking tale about a young girl who discovers her father is just a man with faults and vices like any other man. Played by Sam Jackson Her Dr. father is having multiple affairs with his female patients. After her older sister accuses him of molesting her, The youngest daughter seeks help from the local voodoo practitioner(PLayed by the wonderful Diahnne Carroll) to get revenge for what she believes is the ultimate betrayal. There is also an aunt who is clarivoyant who seems to be doomed to lose her husbands in violent ways. I wont tell any more of the story except to say that once you have seen it you will watch it over and over again its a classic .
Under-recognized.......2007-02-28
Most quality films these days are the ones that fly under the "Hollywood Radar." And "Eve's Bayou" is one of them. Wonderful ensemble cast, beautiful setting and a troubling and intriguing storyline makes this one of the best I have seen in the past decade. Debbie Morgan's performance was outstanding and Jurnee Smollet had great depth for someone so young as she was at that time. All in all, a great film.
More Dis-unity.......2007-02-16
Another tired story about the Blackman as the horrible villian and the Blackwoman as the innocent victim...And we wonder why our community has so many problems..Maybe it's because of attitudes that are based on fantasy like this film and some other films..."Color Purple" , "For Colored Girls...." etc. We need to stop the finger pointing a realize that liberation can only occur if we "work together"...That means Blackmen and Blackwomen...
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Liars' Dice
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A psychotherapist, her eco-terrorist husband, a delusional client, the client's controlling husband and his mistress all get caught in a deadly game of Liars' Dice - a game in which each player must top the others' lies without getting caught. In Brad Marshland's tightly woven, dark comedy, the game is about love, infidelity, and murder.
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