Cane River

Name: Cane River
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: February 7, 2020
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 80
Cast: Barbara Tasker, Carol Sutton, Ilunga Adell, Richard Romain, Tommye Myrick

2020

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Oscilloscope | Release Date: February 7, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Barbara Tasker, Carol Sutton, Ilunga Adell, Richard Romain, Tommye Myrick

Movie Facts:

The film disappeared for decades after Jenkins died suddenly following the film’s completion. It is available now for the first time in forty years in a brand-new, state-of-the-art 4k restoration.

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,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.… Expand

Director: Horace Jenkins

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 104 min

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Richard Brody

Feb 6, 2020

In its modest, forthright warmth, “Cane River” is a work of visionary artistry and progressive imagination. Read full review

A.O. Scott

Feb 6, 2020

The movie itself, which was lost until a few years ago, is relaxed, reflective and sweet, a romance shadowed by the complexities of history, race and politics that manages to be both modest and ambitious. Read full review

Mike Scott

Feb 6, 2020

This isn’t just a film. It’s a cultural treasure – and, given its unlikely journey – a minor miracle. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Feb 4, 2020

The film’s awkwardness is expressive of the pain and confusion of wrestling with truths that shake one’s conception of identity. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

Feb 7, 2020

Cane River offers American indie cinema a hero worth remembering, and a romantic with a vision beyond his years. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Feb 7, 2020

Jenkins' one and only feature weaves living history, charged and messy, into a homespun, hopeful tale. It's impossible not to wonder about — and wish for — what he might have done next. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jan 29, 2020

"Dated,” quaint and tentative it may be. But Jenkins’ themes and big ideas make “Cane River” a debut film with promise, ambition and social currency. Read full review

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