Eve s bayou centers on eve jurnee smollet a 10yearold girl who witnesses her father dr. Eves bayou directed by kasi lemmons available on vhs. Share the trailer now and be sure to see it in theaters october 10. Eve s bayou marks a striking feature debut for director kasi lemmons, layering terrific performances and southern mysticism into a measured meditation on.
Summer heats up in rural louisiana beside eves bayou as the batiste family tries to survive the secrets theyve kept and the betrayals theyve endured. Memory is the selection of images, some elusive, others printed indelibly on the brain. After a daughter witnesses her father having an affair, she begins a chain reaction that could tear her family apart. Kasi lemmons becomes an excellent director and she loves her filmmaking job very much. It is a character study that doesnt give away too much, too soon. Metrograph is a new manhattan movie theater devoted to screening archive quality 35mm prints and new films in stateoftheart digital projection.
Eve s bayou has a southern fried feel mixed with a jazzy new orleans groove. This miramax release was a big hit on the independent film circuit and won numerous awards, including a sundance award. The event in the series takes place in louisiana in toussaint and pointe judah and takes passion, murder, lust, and greed and steers them up and serves them cajunstyle. With those opening words, eves bayou coils back into the past, into the memories of a child who grew up in a family both gifted and flawed, and tried to find her own way to the truth. Eves bayou is a 1997 american drama film written and directed by kasi lemmons, who made. Sherman alexie penned the witty, droll script based his book the lone ranger and tonto fistfight in heaven. Memory is a selection of images, some elusive, others imprinted indelibly on the brain. How kasi lemmons found an opening in the unforgiving boardrooms of hollywood. The opening scene of eves bayou is one of the most captivating opening lines i have ever encountered. My brother poe was 9, and my sister cisely has just turned 14. Nov 11, 1997 eve s bayou contains profanity, two pivotal sexual encounters, and some violence. Buy eves bayou movie posters from movie poster shop. Children should probably stay away, though more mature teenagers should enjoy it immensely. Eves bayou is an excellent drama chronicling the complex lives of a southern african american family rich in history, status, and money in the early sixties.
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Jackson, the most wellrespected doctor in an upscale colored community in louisiana, having an affair with matty mereaux lisa nicole carson, despite having a beautiful, gracious wife roz batiste lynn whitfield. Tenyearold eve batiste lives with her family in a welltodo black community in 1960s louisiana. The movie eve s bayou, was a fairly entertaining movie. See the complete bayou series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Mar 01, 20 eves bayou, kasi lemmonss 1997 debut as a screenwriter and director, should be seen by every movie lover, every filmmaker, every storyteller. Eves bayou contains profanity, two pivotal sexual encounters, and some violence. Eves bayou by kasi lemmons jurnee smollett, meagan good. Eves bayou, based on firsttime director kasi lemmons own script, is a dark and complicated family drama, set in the louisiana bayou in the summer of 1962. Brokeback mountain, eves bayou, hearts and minds among 25. The namesake of eves bayou isnt the biblical figure but a slave, the founding mother of the town and the batiste family. On eves bayou, 20 years later seongyong cho april 12, 2017. There are themes of the supernatural, southern mysticism, religion, voodoo, as well as depictions of strong family relationships and female matriarchs. Eves bayou, kasi lemmonss 1997 debut as a screenwriter and director, should be seen by every movie lover, every filmmaker, every storyteller. Multiple links are listed since a different versions exist and b many scripts posted become unavailable over time.
Eves bayou marks a striking feature debut for director kasi lemmons, layering terrific performances and southern mysticism into a measured meditation on. Eve s bayou is an excellent drama chronicling the complex lives of a southern african american family rich in history, status, and money in the early sixties. Jackson served as a producer, and starred in the film with lisa nicole carson, jurnee smollett, lynn whitfield, debbi morgan, meagan good and diahann carroll. Eve batiste jurnee smollett is a tenyearold girl whose father louis samuel l. Based on the new york times bestselling novel from author zane comes addicted, the powerful, thoughtprovoking new film. We re your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. So i guess it was a decent movie, but not one that i would pay to see. In addition to the storyform, youll also find any additional analysis or media related to the story in question. It rewards the patient viewer, and it also lets the audience decide what memories they choose to take away from the film. Inspired by the life of madam cj walker about a wealthy doctor and his family and family secrets set in 1962 louisiana.
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A particular bright spot among the more experienced actors is the precociously poised jurnee smollett as the young eve batiste. Memory is a selection of images, some elusive, others printed indelibly on the brain. Eve s bayou is a 1997 american drama film written and directed by kasi lemmons, who made her directorial debut with this film. Its a nearly perfect narrative feat, but it only generated minor waves among film critics upon its release although roger ebert did name it his best film of 1997, and failed to garner mainstream awards nominations it did better at the. Eve is shocked when she witnesses her father engaging in adulterous behavior with a.
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