Eve's bayou

DVD 2003

In the summer of 1962 in rural Louisiana, Roz Batiste, a dedicated mother of three, is forced to admit that her family is falling apart due to the philandering of her physician husand Louis, and, after witnessing her father's infidelities, their young daughter Eve struggles to make sense of what she has seen, turning first to her older sister Cisely and then to her Aunt Mozelle, a known psychic and rumored black widow.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Adultery Drama

African American families Drama

Family secrets Drama

Louisiana Drama

Nineteen sixties Drama

Vodou Drama

More in this Genre:

Drama Feature films Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Part of a Series:

Lions Gate signature series

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Edition:

[Special edition]

Description:

1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
digital optical
widescreen
laser optical NTSC
video file DVD video
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: NR

Other Title:

Dr. Hugo

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1997
Special features: Commentary; trailer; Dr. Hugo / a Chubbco Film Co. production ; written and directed by Kasi Lemmons ; produced by Caldecott Chubb and Cevin Cathell ; Dr. Hugo with commentary
Director's cut, Widescreen
Title from container
Special features: New production commentary with the writer/director, producer, and director of photography; New cast commentary along with the director; Kasi Lemmon's short film "Dr. Hugo" with new commentary
Director of photography, Amy Vincent ; editor, Terilyn A. Shropshire ; music, Terence Blanchard
Original score, Terence Blanchard ; editor, Terilyn A. Shropshire ; director of photography, Amy Vincent
Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield, Debbi Morgan, Vondie Curtis Hall, Branford Marsalis, Lisa Nicole Carson, Jurnee Smollett, Diahann Carroll
DVD; widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1
In English with optional English and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

Contents:

Champagne
The Dance
Clandestine
Sober
Believing
Premonition
Differences
Counseling
Eavesdropping
House calls
Healer
Look to your children
Black widow
Chicken
Immature
Boredom
Maynard and Hosea
Bedtime
Greyraven
I didn't get hit
The Storm
Celebration
Doctor stuff
Change
An Oath
Anger
Apples
Pineapple thief
Pin cushion
The Train
Dreams
Boundaries
The Sight
Descendants

LCCN:

52209140

Control Number:

3027358

UPC:

031398822325

Other Authors:

Addis-Wechsler (Firm)
Blanchard, Terence
Carroll, Diahann
Carson, Lisa Nicole, 1969-
Chubb, Caldecot
Chubbco Film Co
Curtis-Hall, Vondie
Jackson, Samuel L
Lemmons, Kasi
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Marsalis, Branford
Morgan, Debbi, 1956-
Smollett-Bell, Jurnee, 1986-
Trimark Pictures
Whitfield, Lynn

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