Strange Fruit | |
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Directed by | Kyle Schickner |
Written by | Kyle Schickner |
Cinematography | David Oye |
Edited by | Michael Simms, Kyle Schickner |
Music by | Sidney James |
Distributed by | FenceSitter Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Strange Fruit is a 2004 film written and directed by Kyle Schickner and starring Kent Faulcon as William Boyals and Berlinda Tolbert as Emma Ayers. It was produced by FenceSitter Films. [1] The title comes from the 1939 Billie Holiday song. [2]
New York attorney William Boyals has escaped the Louisiana bayou of his childhood, but he must return to investigate the death of a childhood friend who, like Boyals himself, was both black and gay.
When told by producers, who had offered the film a $6 million budget, that the lead character could not be both black and gay, Kyle Schickner left the studio to produce the film for only $250,000. [3]
Strange Fruit | |
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Directed by | Kyle Schickner |
Written by | Kyle Schickner |
Cinematography | David Oye |
Edited by | Michael Simms, Kyle Schickner |
Music by | Sidney James |
Distributed by | FenceSitter Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Strange Fruit is a 2004 film written and directed by Kyle Schickner and starring Kent Faulcon as William Boyals and Berlinda Tolbert as Emma Ayers. It was produced by FenceSitter Films. [1] The title comes from the 1939 Billie Holiday song. [2]
New York attorney William Boyals has escaped the Louisiana bayou of his childhood, but he must return to investigate the death of a childhood friend who, like Boyals himself, was both black and gay.
When told by producers, who had offered the film a $6 million budget, that the lead character could not be both black and gay, Kyle Schickner left the studio to produce the film for only $250,000. [3]