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Drylongso

A rediscovered treasure of 1990s DIY filmmaking, Cauleen Smith's Drylongso embeds an incisive look at racial injustice within a lovingly handmade buddy movie/murder mystery/romance. Alarmed by the rate at which the young Black men around her are dying, brash Oakland art student Pica attempts to pres...

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Main Authors: Harpel, Curt (Composer), Thomi, Pat (Composer)
Other Authors: Smith, Cauleen (Film director, Screenwriter), Smith, Toby (Actor) (Actor), Barnett, April, 1966- (Actor), Power, Will (Actor), Black, Andrew (Cinematographer) (Cinematographer), Akil, Salim, 1964- (Actor, Screenwriter)
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: [New York] : Criterion Collection, [2023]
Edition:Director-approved DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 1190.
Subjects:
African American young men > California > Oakland > Social conditions > Drama.
African American youth > California > Oakland > Social conditions > Drama.
African American men > California > Oakland > Social conditions > Drama.
African Americans > California > Oakland > Social conditions > Drama.
Coming-of-age films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:A rediscovered treasure of 1990s DIY filmmaking, Cauleen Smith's Drylongso embeds an incisive look at racial injustice within a lovingly handmade buddy movie/murder mystery/romance. Alarmed by the rate at which the young Black men around her are dying, brash Oakland art student Pica attempts to preserve their existence in Polaroid snapshots, along the way forging a friendship with a woman in an abusive relationship and experiencing love, heartbreak, and the everyday threat of violence. Capturing the vibrant community spirit of Oakland in the nineties, Smith crafts both a rare cinematic celebration of Black female creativity and a moving elegy for a generation of lost African American men.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1998.
Special edition features: new 4K digital restoration, approved by director Cauleen Smith, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; new conversation between Smith and film scholar Michael B. Gillespie; short films by Smith, including Chronicles of a lying spirit by Kelly Gabron, Songs for Earth & folk, Lessons in semaphore, Egungun (Ancestor can't find me), Remote viewing, and Suffolk, with a new introduction by Smith; trailer; PLUS: an essay by film scholar Yasmina Price--Container.
Essay by Yasmina Price is located on the flip side of the poster along with cast and credits.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded poster (49 x 37 cm.)
Format:DVD, region 1, NTSC, aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Production Credits:Director, Cauleen Smith.
ISBN:9798886070552

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