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Eve's Bayou

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Eve's Bayou is a 1997 American Southern Gothic drama written and directed by Kasi Lemmons in her feature directorial debut, produced by and starring Samuel L. Jackson alongside Lisa Nicole Carson, Jurnee Smollett, Lynn Whitfield, Debbi Morgan, Meagan Good and Diahann Carroll. Centered on the unreliability of memory and observation within a Louisiana Creole family, the film premiered at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival and was released theatrically that November by Trimark Pictures, grossing 14.8 million dollars on a budget of three to four million dollars, making it the most commercially successful independent film of 1997. It was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2018. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
Original Language
English 1
Award
National Film Registry 2
Release Year
1997 1
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Created By

Kasi Lemmons, Figures
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Film, Media Forms
Source Eve's Bayou (Wikipedia)
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Original Language

English

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Originated In

United States

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1. Eve's Bayou (Wikipedia)
  • Eve's Bayou, Introduction section
    Eve's Bayou is a 1997 American Southern Gothic drama film written and directed by Kasi Lemmons in her feature directorial debut.
  • Eve's Bayou, Description, original language
    Eve's Bayou is a 1997 American Southern Gothic drama written and directed by Kasi Lemmons in her feature directorial debut, produced by and starring Samuel L. Jackson alongside Lisa Nicole Carson, Jurnee Smollett, Lynn Whitfield, Debbi Morgan, Meagan Good and Diahann Carroll.
  • Infobox
    September 7, 1997 (Toronto International Film Festival)
  • In Medium: Film, Article lead sentence
    Eve's Bayou is a 1997 American Southern Gothic drama film written and directed by Kasi Lemmons in her feature directorial debut.
  • Created By: Kasi Lemmons, Infobox: director
    Kasi Lemmons
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2. Library of Congress, National Film Preservation Board: Complete National Film Registry Listing
Library of Congress, National Film Preservation BoardNational Film Registry listing row: film released 1997, inducted 2018
Quote, National Film Registry listing row: film released 1997, inducted 2018
Eve's Bayou 1997 2018
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