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Plot

Anthony Harvey directed this adaptation of the controversial allegorical drama by African-American playwright Amiri Baraka (aka LeRoi Jones). Lula (Shirley Knight), a slatternly woman with a racist streak, encounters Clay (Al Freeman Jr.), a mild-mannered black man, on a New York subway car. Lula at first attempts to seduce Clay, who is initially resistant, but once he begins to respond in kind, she starts to taunt him viciously, goading him until he explodes into violence. This short feature was at once Harvey's last credit as an editor and first as a director.
MPAA Rating:
Not Rated
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Drama,Thriller
Run Time:
56min.
Theatrical Release Date:
02/01/2002
DVD Release Date:
07/04/2000
Director(s):
Anthony Harvey
Starring:
Shirley Knight Hopkins , Al Freeman, Jr.
Themes:
Interracial/Cross-Cultural Romance,Race Relations
Tone:
Claustrophobic,Intimate,Talky,Tense
Keywords:
allegory,car,conflict,humiliation,knight,middle-class,naive,play [recreation],racism,seduction,stabbing,subway,victim
Language:
English