Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueThe romance between two African Americans who come from a different class background.The romance between two African Americans who come from a different class background.The romance between two African Americans who come from a different class background.
- Réalisation
- Scénario
- Casting principal
Lolis Edward Elie
- Lawyer
- (as Lolis Elie)
Thomas P. Brady
- Priest
- (as Fr. Thomas P. Brady)
D.J. Ammons
- Bus Station Ticket Agent
- (non crédité)
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Tuned in for scenery and music-but in spite of not hearing creole musics and tunes, thoroughly enjoyed the movie. btw, I think it's pronounced "Nack a tecsh"..might be natch a dough chess in Texas, but not in Louisiane. good job.
I was actually quite tickled by this film. I thought it was romantic, and sweet. I am familiar with the creole culture of Cane River so I was automatically interested. The acting was ok but the message and the consciousness of the film outweighed everything. I was happily surprised by how engaged I stayed. I am shocked and quite astounded to hear the film was only released in 2020! What a gem to discover. This is what I miss about films today that display black romance. Hopefully more people discover this film as I was just on youtube looking at black movie classics and came across this film!!
Richard Roman comes down to Louisiana to do some sightseeing. He and Tommye Myrick fall in love. Yet while he is certain about their future together, her mother, brother, and she have issues.
It is the revelation of those issues that forms the story of this movie, and the beauty of New Orleans and its environs makes a lovely backdrop. The conflict -- and you can't have a compelling story without a conflict -- is their class differences. If this movie has a point, it's that Black culture is not monolithic. In fact, Roman's character is what is slighted these days as an 'Oreo' -- Black on the outside, white inside. His is a world of possibilities, while Miss Myrick's is a broken world of circumscription that makes her distrustful.
If this movie has its weaknesses, it is the too-pretty world of gardens that their romance takes place against, and the manner in which the back stories are revealed when they become necessary for the plot. It's too neat to have much verisimilitude. Still, it satisfies all of the requirements of a romance, and the players are all more than competent. and the need for self-respect, for being able to take care of oneself is a key point of the subtext.
It is the revelation of those issues that forms the story of this movie, and the beauty of New Orleans and its environs makes a lovely backdrop. The conflict -- and you can't have a compelling story without a conflict -- is their class differences. If this movie has a point, it's that Black culture is not monolithic. In fact, Roman's character is what is slighted these days as an 'Oreo' -- Black on the outside, white inside. His is a world of possibilities, while Miss Myrick's is a broken world of circumscription that makes her distrustful.
If this movie has its weaknesses, it is the too-pretty world of gardens that their romance takes place against, and the manner in which the back stories are revealed when they become necessary for the plot. It's too neat to have much verisimilitude. Still, it satisfies all of the requirements of a romance, and the players are all more than competent. and the need for self-respect, for being able to take care of oneself is a key point of the subtext.
The movie itself wasn't too bad. The acting was just super bad.
TCM showed Cane River a few months back. I'm glad this film was rediscovered. I enjoyed this early 80s indie film that happened to be filmed in my state of Louisiana
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- AnecdotesFilm director Horace Jenkins' son, Sacha Jenkins, was interviewed on The Takeaway to discuss the impact of the movie on his own life and career. The interview also included Rhea Combs, the curator of film and photography at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture.
- Versions alternativesPROLOGUE TO RESTORED FILM: "In 1982, Horace Jenkins died of a sudden heart attack before his movie, Cane River, could be distributed in theaters." "In 2013, IndieCollect and creators from the Academy Film Archive found the original picture and sound elements at the DuArt film laboratory and move them to the Academy Film Archive for safekeeping."
- ConnexionsReferences The Dating Game (1965)
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- Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 27 317 $US
- Montant brut mondial
- 27 317 $US
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