Showtimes
Saturday, November 14, 2026
Description
PART OF OUR 2026 MICHAEL SCHULTZ AWARD TRIBUTE TO KASI LEMMONS
Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the betrayals they’ve endured.
This screening will be preceded by the annual presentation of the Michael Schultz Award, awarded in 2026 to Kasi Lemmons which will culminate in a seated discussion with Kasi Lemmons moderated by Portia Cobb.
The 2026 Michael Schultz Award is presented with the support of Brewers Community Foundation and Mark and Wanda Staples
Film Community Partners: My Sistas KeepHer, Pearls for Teen Girls
Award Weekend Community Partners: Social X MKE, Ellastic Designs
- Year
- 1997
- Length
- 116 minutes
- Language
- French, Haitian; Haitian Creole, English
- Rating
- R
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Kasi Lemmons
- Producers
- Samuel L. Jackson, Caldecot Chubb
- Writer
- Kasi Lemmons
- Starring
- Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Meagan Good, Samuel L. Jackson
- Cinematographer
- Amy Vincent
- Editor
- Terilyn A. Shropshire
- Composer
- Terence Blanchard
- Production Design
- Jeffrey Howard, Nelson Willis
The Pitch
What stays with me after all these years are the images of its female characters in liminal states, on the edge of awakenings
New York Magazine / Vulture
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