Early Riser (2011)
Synopsis
This short is based on Chester Himes’s novel Cotton Comes to Harlem (1965) and its adaptation for the screen by Ossie Davis in 1970. The cotton in the novel and film comes from the region around Columbus, Mississippi. Shot in noir-style, the film focuses on the scene when detectives Coffin Ed and Grave Digger Jones interrogate Lo-Boy, an artist/hustler, about the event around the demise of his friend Early Riser.
Release Date: 2011-09-08
Runtime: 5 minutes
Director: Kevin Jerome Everson
Top Cast
- James McGilbray as Gravedigger Jones
- Dawon Owens as Lo-Boy #1
- Robert Stewart as Lo-Boy #2
Soundtrack
Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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