Strange Fruit (2002)
57 min
In 1937, after seeing a photo depicting the lynching of a black man in the south, Bronx-born high school teacher Abel Meeropol wrote a poem entitled "Strange Fruit" that begins with the words: "Southern trees bear a strange fruit / Blood on the leaves and blood at the root." He set the poem to music and a few years later convinced Billy holiday to record it in a legendary heartbreaking performance. Intertwining jazz genealogy, biography, performance footage, and the history of lynching, director Joel Katz fashions a fascinating discovery of the lost story behind a true American classic. Written by Excerpted from Coolidge Corner Theatre Program Update
- Data de estreia
- 20 de maio de 2002
- País de origem
- Estados Unidos
Elenco
- Dorothy Thigpen como Narrator
- Milton Gabler como Self - Commodore Records
- Farah Jasmine Griffin como Self - writer and educator
- C.T. Vivian como Self - reverend and veteran civil rights activist
- E.M. 'Woody' Beck como Self - sociologist
- Abbey Lincoln como Self - singer and composer
- Michael Denning como Self - historian
- Amina Baraka como Self - poet and performer
- Amiri Baraka como Self - poet and playwright
- Bernie Kassoy como Self - retired teacher and visual artist
Equipe
- Joel Katz · Diretor(a)
- Joel Katz · Roteirista
- Joel Katz · Produtor(a)
- Don Byron · Compositor(a)
- Jon Miglietta · Diretor(a) de fotografia
- Thomas Torres · Diretor(a) de fotografia
- Joel Katz · Editor(a)