Compensation (2000)
Movie Info
Zeinabu Irene Davis directs this lyrical tale about a pair of tragic love stories, each about a deaf woman and a man without hearing impairment. The first narrative concerns an ambitious seamstress and an illiterate sharecropper in the 1900s, while the second focuses on a hearing impaired dancer and a rakish librarian set in the 1990s.
Cast
John Earl Jelks
as Arthur Jones/Nico Jones
as Arthur Jones/Nico Jones
Michelle A. Banks
as Malindy Brown/Malaika Brown
as Malindy Brown/Malaika Brown
Nirvana Cobb
as Tildy Evans/Children's Library Reader
as Tildy Evans/Children's Library Reader
Kevin L. Davis
as Tyrone
as Tyrone
Christopher Smith
as William Young/Dancer
as William Young/Dancer
K. Lynn Stephens
as Aminata Brown
as Aminata Brown
Edith McLoud Armstrong
as Mrs. Emily Brown
as Mrs. Emily Brown
Crystal Barnes
as Auntie Nidia
as Auntie Nidia
Lisa Brock
as Period Movie Player
as Period Movie Player
Otis Cunningham
as Period Movie Player
as Period Movie Player
Jennifer Evans
as Jazz Club Emcee
as Jazz Club Emcee
Amaker Johnson
as Young Girl at Library
as Young Girl at Library
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The stories involve prejudice and discrimination in multiple dimensions.
May 3, 2019 | Full Review…
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