Screen/Society--Nasher Southern Cinema Film Series--"Eve's Bayou"

Film Screening: "Eve's Bayou" (Kasi Lemmons, 1997, 109 min, USA, in English, Color, DVD) / The Southern Gothic saga pivots around a prosperous Creole family in Louisiana during the year 1962 - as seen through the eyes of intensely curious, precocious, and perceptive ten-year-old Eve Batiste. Her father, Louis Batiste, is the area's much-respected doctor. But Louis has an eye for other women, and after Eve catches him in the barn with an attractive, married woman, he must reassure the child that he still loves her mother. Finding her beliefs in family loyalty crumbling, the young girl struggles through the summer to save her family./ -- Winner of 11 film awards! / "An intensely emotional drama that mixes elements of Southern Gothic with the kinds of characters and tensions that prevail in the plays of Southern writers like Tennessee Williams." -- Emanuel Levy, Variety / "Writer/director Kasi Lemmons shows sweet judgment here, doesn't caricature or demonize the errant father, and elicits a host of nuanced performances from women of all ages." - Time Out / Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVKP1G95fyM