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09/14/05
Strange Fruit (2005)
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Reviews Counted: 13
Fresh: 13
Rotten:0
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Theatrical Release:Nov 6, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: When her son Kelvin is murdered in the parking lot of a gay bar, Emma Ayers calls New York attorney William Boyals (Kent Faulcon) for help. As he returns to his provincial Louisiana hometown,... [More]
Starring: Kent Faulcon, David Raibon, Berlinda Tolbert
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03/12/05
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05/13/03
It's a talking head documentary, but a great one.
03/25/03
Good, if unremarkable.
02/24/03
Top Critic"Strange Fruit"...should be mandatory viewing by all students old enough to understand the meaning and importance of the haunting song.
02/19/03
Katz uses archival footage, horrifying documents of lynchings, still photographs and charming old reel-to-reel recordings of Meeropol entertaining his children to create his song history, but most powerful of all is the song itself
02/16/03
Though only 60 minutes long, the film is packed with information and impressions.
01/10/03
In his excellent documentary, also called Strange Fruit, filmmaker Joel Katz takes a fascinating look at the origins and impact of a ballad that's been called 'one of ten songs that changed the world.'
01/08/03
Top CriticThis is a film well worth seeing, talking and singing heads and all.
12/19/02
Top CriticProvocatively enlightens us on the fascinating origins and social convulsions created by the song Strange Fruit, and its profound connection to the progressive movements of the last century.
11/28/02
Katz's documentary doesn't have much panache, but with material this rich it doesn't need it.
11/06/02
Polished, well-structured film.
11/06/02
Top CriticAn absorbing documentary.
11/06/02
Top CriticMining the song's associative richness, Katz's film works as jazz genealogy, Meerpol bio, Jewish-leftist puzzle piece, performance homage, and exegetic history of lynching.
11/05/02
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