Strange Fruit (2002)
Synopsis
In 1937, after seeing a photo depicting the lynching of a black man in the south, Bronx-born high school teacher Abel Meeropol wrote a poem entitled "Strange Fruit" that begins with the words: "Southern trees bear a strange fruit / Blood on the leaves and blood at the root." He set the poem to music and a few years later convinced Billy holiday to record it in a legendary heartbreaking performance. Intertwining jazz genealogy, biography, performance footage, and the history of lynching, director Joel Katz fashions a fascinating discovery of the lost story behind a true American classic. Written by Excerpted from Coolidge Corner Theatre Program Update
Release Date: 2002-05-20
Runtime: 57 minutes
Director: Joel Katz
Top Cast
- Dorothy Thigpen as Self
- Milton Gabler as Self
- Farah Jasmine Griffin as Self
- Pete Seeger as Self
- Ethel Rosenberg as Self
- Julius Rosenberg as Self
- Billie Holiday as Self
- Cassandra Wilson as Self
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