ASC Presents Eve's Bayou
Director: Kasi Lemmons
1997 / 109min / 4K DCP
One of the essential works of the 1990s, Lemmons’s feature debut is a seductive Southern Gothic yarn distinguished by its smoldering sensuality and—thanks in no small part to the work of cinematographer Amy Vincent—lived-in, palpable sense of place, specifically Louisiana in the early ’60s. When the 10-year-old daughter of a well-to-do Creole American family catches her father in a moment of infidelity, a summer of lost innocence, rising household tensions, and unearthed secrets begins. Samuel L. Jackson and Jurnee Smollett, as father and daughter, lead a formidable cast that includes living legends Lynne Whitfield, Debbi Morgan, Meagan Good, and Diahann Carroll, exuding intensity as the mysterious fortune teller Elzora. A seductive tour de force that plays out in an atmosphere thick with premonitions, hoodoo folk wisdom, and household magic.
Distributor: Lionsgate
Q&A with cinematographer Amy Vincent, ASC, on Saturday, April 11th
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