A budding, forbidden romance lays bare the tensions between two black communities, both descended from slaves but of disparate opportunity—the light-skinned, property-owning Creoles and the darker-skinned, more disenfranchised families of the area.
Cinematography
Lush Louisiana landscapes that feel like memory.
Writing
Dialogue that respects silence as much as speech.
Direction
Jenkins' sole film—every frame feels urgent.
Director
Horace B. Jenkins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Horace B. Jenkins died weeks before its PBS premiere; the negative sat untouched in a warehouse until 2018.
The Metoyer family depicted are descendants of real Cane River Creoles—wealthy Black planters who owned slaves themselves.
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