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  • 2020
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2020
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 44 m

Summary Written, produced, and directed by Emmy Award-winning documentarian, Horace B. Jenkins, and crafted by an entirely African American cast and crew, Cane River is a racially-charged love story in Natchitoches Parish, a “free community of color” in Louisiana. A budding, forbidden romance lays bare the tensions between two black communities,...

Directed By: Horace Jenkins

Written By: Horace Jenkins

  • 2020
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2020
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 44 m

Cane River

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Written, produced, and directed by Emmy Award-winning documentarian, Horace B. Jenkins, and crafted by an entirely African American cast and crew, Cane River is a racially-charged love story in Natchitoches Parish, a “free community of color” in Louisiana. A budding, forbidden romance lays bare the tensions between two black communities,...

Directed By: Horace Jenkins

Written By: Horace Jenkins

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90
Feb 6, 2020
In its modest, forthright warmth, “Cane River” is a work of visionary artistry and progressive imagination.
By Richard Brody FULL REVIEW
90
Feb 6, 2020
The movie itself, which was lost until a few years ago, is relaxed, reflective and sweet, a romance shadowed by the complexities of history, race and politics that manages to be both modest and ambitious.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 6, 2020
This isn’t just a film. It’s a cultural treasure – and, given its unlikely journey – a minor miracle.
By Mike Scott FULL REVIEW
75
Feb 7, 2020
Cane River offers American indie cinema a hero worth remembering, and a romantic with a vision beyond his years.
By Nick Allen FULL REVIEW
75
Feb 4, 2020
The film’s awkwardness is expressive of the pain and confusion of wrestling with truths that shake one’s conception of identity.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 7, 2020
Jenkins' one and only feature weaves living history, charged and messy, into a homespun, hopeful tale. It's impossible not to wonder about — and wish for — what he might have done next.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
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Jan 29, 2020
"Dated,” quaint and tentative it may be. But Jenkins’ themes and big ideas make “Cane River” a debut film with promise, ambition and social currency.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

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Production Company H.B.J. Productions, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
Release Date Feb 7, 2020
Duration 1 h 44 m
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