Beloved

Director: Jonathan Demme, Jonathan Demme, Jonathan Demme, Jonathan Demme

1998 / 172min / 35mm

“Based on the book by Toni Morrison, who’s one of my favorite authors. The family in the film is haunted by the ghost of Seth, a baby who passed away and is seeking revenge. Seth represents the trauma of the historical past and slavery, but also the traumas within their family. Beloved was one of the hardest books of Morrison’s to read for me, and the film does an incredible job of bringing her poetic language to life. It’s a haunting movie, a different kind of ghost story that brings the mystical and the spiritual into the realm of the real.” —Alexandria Smith