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Strange Fruit
Directed by
Kyle Schickner
Not Rated
2004
1h 55m
Drama
,
Mystery
,
and more
5.3
100%
42%
3.2
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William Boyals, a successful, black, gay attorney in New York, is drawn back to the small, rural Louisiana town he long ago escaped from to investigate the lynching of a black gay childhood friend.
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Cast of Strange Fruit
Kent Faulcon
Berlinda Tolbert
David Raibon
Sam Jones
Ed Brigadier
Charlie Schroeder
Jared Day
Kyle Schickner
Director
Strange Fruit Ratings & Reviews
Bay Area Reporter
David Lamble
This intriguing drama that deliberately ties the ultimate metaphor of Jim Crow-era persecution, the lynching, to the plight of queer blacks in the modern South features a strong performance by Kent Faulcon...
San Francisco Examiner
Jeffrey M. Anderson
It's a talking head documentary, but a great one.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Good, if unremarkable.
Reeling Reviews
Robin Clifford
"Strange Fruit"...should be mandatory viewing by all students old enough to understand the meaning and importance of the haunting song.
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
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
Reel.com
Pam Grady
Though only 60 minutes long, the film is packed with information and impressions.
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward Guthmann
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.'
Observer
Andrew Sarris
This is a film well worth seeing, talking and singing heads and all.
WBAI Web Radio
Prairie Miller
Provocatively 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.
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Katz's documentary doesn't have much panache, but with material this rich it doesn't need it.
New York Times
Dave Kehr
Polished, well-structured film.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
An absorbing documentary.
Village Voice
Laura Sinagra
Mining 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.
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