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  • 2019
  • Multitude Films
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2019
  • Multitude Films
  • 1 h 29 m
Always in Season

Summary Always in Season explores the lingering impact of more than a century of lynching African Americans and connects this form of historic racial terrorism to racial violence today. The film centers on the case of Lennon Lacy, an African American teen who was found hanging from a swing set in Bladenboro, North Carolina, on August 29, 2014. D...

Directed By: Jacqueline Olive

Written By: Don Bernier, Jacqueline Olive

  • 2019
  • Multitude Films
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2019
  • Multitude Films
  • 1 h 29 m

Always in Season

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary Always in Season explores the lingering impact of more than a century of lynching African Americans and connects this form of historic racial terrorism to racial violence today. The film centers on the case of Lennon Lacy, an African American teen who was found hanging from a swing set in Bladenboro, North Carolina, on August 29, 2014. D...

Directed By: Jacqueline Olive

Written By: Don Bernier, Jacqueline Olive

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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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75% Positive
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25% Mixed
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88
Sep 20, 2019
By virtue of its subject, Always in Season is going to be a very hard sit for many, but this film should be seen. It is an unflinching look at how the racial sins of the past remain flowing through the arteries of the present day.
By Odie Henderson FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 19, 2019
This film offers an engrossing mix of history, investigation and activism.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 19, 2019
An artful, deeply felt documentary, Always in Season has its own, sadly necessary reasons for being.
By Stephen Whitty FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 26, 2019
The impact of hearing Danny Glover’s calm voice reading published invitations to lynching parties remains chillingly undiminished.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 19, 2019
Olive paints a portrait of righteous rage and determination.
By Keith Uhlich FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 19, 2019
Olive weaves these stories together with fluidity and purpose, but the ideas of Always in Season sometimes crowd one another out.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
58
Sep 19, 2019
While Olive’s apparent desire to layer together Lacy’s tragic story with historical stories of lynching and the way they impact current culture is understandable (and admirable), the trio of stories that make up Always in Season never fit together.
By Kate Erbland FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Multitude Films, Good Gravy Films, Naked Edge Films, Tell It Media
Release Date Sep 20, 2019
Duration 1 h 29 m
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Website http://www.alwaysinseasonfilm.com/
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Awards

Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Omaha Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Indie Grits, US
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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