Event

POSTPONED: Cane River

Mon Apr 06: 3.00pm
Tue Apr 07: 3.00pm
Wed Apr 08: 7.00pm
Thu Apr 09: 7.00pm
Fri Apr 10: 7.30pm
Sat Apr 11: 4.00pm, 7.00pm
Sun Apr 12: 4.00pm, 7.00pm

Horace B. Jenkins
US
1981
1h 44m

About
** New 4K restoration! **

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.

This lyrical, visionary film disappeared for decades after Jenkins died suddenly following the films completion, robbing generations of a talented, vibrant new voice in African American cinema. Available now for the first time in nearly forty years in a brand-new, state-of-the-art 4K restoration from Oscilloscope Labs.