Drylongso

Drylongso (1999)

A young woman in a photography class begins taking pictures of black men out of fear they will soon be extinct.

Fecha de estreno
1999-03-29
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (9)
Duración
1 h 21 min
Géneros
Drama
Director
Cauleen Smith

Reparto

Curiosidades

Drylongso is a 1998 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Cauleen Smith, who co-wrote the film with Salim Akil. The film, which was shot on location in Oakland, California on 16-millimeter film, centers on a young black photography student and deals with numerous issues relating to race, gender and identity. The title is derived from the Gullah word for "ordinary."

Production

In the early 1990s, Cauleen Smith was working at the Haight Asbury Free Clinic and the Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco. She kept hearing about young African American men who were being murdered or going to prison at the same time she was seeing young African American girls who were dealing with teen pregnancy and a bureaucratic welfare system.

Production took place over the summer of 1995.

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