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Strange Fruit

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Strange Fruit
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NR,1hr 58min
Genres:
Action,Drama
Released:
March 11, 2004
Director:
Kyle Schickner
Distributor:
Fencesitter Films
Starring:
Berlinda Tolbert, David Raibon, Ed Brigadier  ...more
Synopsis: A successful, homosexual African American lawyer working in New York returns to the rural Louisiana town in which he was raised to investigate the lynching death of his childhood friend, only to discover that the virulent racism and homophobia still holds power over the small-town citizens in director Kyle Schickner's searing, socially conscious drama. William Boyals childhood friend Kelvin has been brutally murdered, and as a successful attorney Boyals is not willing to let the killers go unpunished. ... Full Synopsis
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Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
The film spends its first half explaining the song -- famously and vividly about the cycle of Southern lynching. Its better second half-hour unmasks its composer as a compassionate Jewish guy from the Bronx. Full Review
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73
Generally favorable reviews
out of 100
Based on 8 critic reviews
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