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CAST & CREW
Billie Holiday, Amiri Baraka, Abbey Lincoln
Directed by Joel Katz
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SYNOPSIS
In 1937, after seeing a photo depicting the lynching of an African-American man in the south, Bronx-born schoolteacher 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." more...
MPAA RATING
Not Rated
RUNTIME
60 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Nov 6, 2002
GENRE
Education/General Interest, American History/Culture, Poetry, Documentary, Family (General), Folk Music, Music, New York City, Teachers, Composers, African Americans, American History, Soul Music, Jazz, Songs
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SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "It's a talking head documentary, but a great one."
-- Jeffrey M. Anderson, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
"Katz uses archival footage, horrifying documents of lynchings, still photographs and charming old reel-to-reel recordings of Meeropol entertaining his children to create his song history, but most powerful of all is the song itself"
-- Laura Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"Katz's documentary doesn't have much panache, but with material this rich it doesn't need it."
-- Maitland McDonagh, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
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"In his excellent documentary, also called Strange Fruit, filmmaker Joel Katz takes a fascinating look at the origins and impact of a ballad that's been called 'one of ten songs that changed the world.'"
-- Edward Guthmann, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"Polished, well-structured film."
-- Dave Kehr, NEW YORK TIMES
"An absorbing documentary."
-- Lou Lumenick, NEW YORK POST
"Good, if unremarkable."
-- Wesley Morris, BOSTON GLOBE
"This is a film well worth seeing, talking and singing heads and all."
-- Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER
"Mining the song's associative richness, Katz's film works as jazz genealogy, Meerpol bio, Jewish-leftist puzzle piece, performance homage, and exegetic history of lynching."
-- Laura Sinagra, VILLAGE VOICE
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