Tree Shade

A quiet, dreamlike journey through family history that feels intimate and bittersweet, asking you to sit with shame and come out lighter.

Directed by

Lisa Collins

Genres

Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Starring

Reneé Griggsby, Starla Benford, Lina Bradford

Overview

Shame and embarrassment propel Savannah, a gifted high school student, embarks on a journey through space and time to witness the prison convictions of her great-grandmother Etta Mae, her grand-aunt Olive, and her aunt Denise. The fanciful and chilling tales of a delightfully vain maid in the 1920s, a hopelessly depressed nanny in the 1950s, and a mother frustrated during the holiday season in the 1980s, help Savannah reconcile her feelings about her own past in this touching coming-of-age story. An imaginative, thoroughly engaging drama that speaks volumes about identity and self-worth.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest, eerie and warm. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Identity, family, memory, race

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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