Medicine for Melancholy

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Director: Barry Jenkins Screenwriter: Barry Jenkins Cinematographer: James Laxton Editor: Nat Sanders Cast: Wyatt Cenac, Tracey Heggins

1 Hr. 28 Min.
Not Rated
2008
Screening format: DCP

Staff Pick! Donte McFadden, Black Lens Programmer extraordinaire, chose Medicine for Melancholy!

A love story of bikes and one-night stands told through two African-American twenty-somethings dealing with issues of class, identity, and the evolving conundrum of being a minority living in a rapidly gentrifying San Francisco.

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