Lalee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Lalee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Deborah Dickson , Susan Froemke |
| production | Susan Froemke |
| music | Gary Lucas |
| camera | Albert Maysles |
| cut | Deborah Dickson |
Lalee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton is a 2001 documentary directed by Deborah Dickson and Susan Froemke . The film was in 2002 for the Oscar as best documentary nomination.
action
The film documents the vicious circle of inadequate education and abject poverty in the Mississippi Delta , which has continued since the end of the civil war and the liberation of slaves . It is reported from one of the poorest areas in the United States , Tallahatchie County . The documentation is twofold, once the documentation shows the superintendent of the Tallahatchie school district who has to improve the test results in the school district to prevent the state from forcibly taking over the district. On the other hand, Laura Lee "LaLee" Wallace and her family are reported. LaLee is an African American great-grandmother who tries to raise her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and struggles to keep the family afloat.
reception
LaLee's Kin can be viewed in the documentary tradition established by David and Albert Maysles . The film shows the reality without any subsequent processing and does not pretend to show the trumpeting against excessive resistance. The film was influenced by silent anger.
Awards
- Oscar 2002 : Nomination for Best Documentary. The film could not prevail against A Murderer Made to Measure by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade and Denis Poncet .
- Sundance Film Festival 2001 : Awarded for camera work by Albert Maysles , nominated for the Grand Jury Prize . However, the Grand Prize for Documentaries went to Southern Comfort .
- Independent Spirit Award 2002 : Nominated for Best Documentation. The award went to Dogtown and Z-Boys .
Web links
- Lalee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Robert Koehler, Lalee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton , Variety of 18 February 2,001th
- ↑ Oscars Ceremonies 2002
- ↑ Eric Mitchell, CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; Sundance Finale: Glam Rock and Mental Illness , The New York Times January 29, 2001.
- ^ Nominees for Independent Spirit Award Odd News of January 9, 2002.
- ↑ Independent Spirit Award Films in the University of Delaware Library .