The first of four installments for my podcast's Black History Month special discussing Black stories by Black filmmakers.
A film analysis of Eve’s Bayou (1997). Written and directed by Kasi Lemmons. It is also her director debut.
It’s the summer of 1962 in Louisiana. Ten-year-old Eve Batiste (Jurnee Smollett) discovers that her family's affluent existence is merely a facade. The philandering of her suave doctor father, Louis (Samuel L. Jackson), creates a rift, throwing Eve's mother, Roz (Lynn Whitfield), and teenage sister, Cisely (Meagan Good), into emotional turmoil. Eve, though, manages to find some solace with her psychic aunt, Mozelle (Debbi Morgan).
Sources:
https://nofilmschool.com/2016/06/watch-psychology-color-film
https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/how-to-use-color-in-film-50-examples-of-movie-color-palettes/
A Child With The Blues (From Eve's Bayou soundtrack, Erykah Badu featuring Terence Blanchard)
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