Sugarcoated Arsenic

A quiet, textured archival reverie that drifts through gestures and voices, asking patient attention as it builds a warm sense of community and intellectual striving.

Directed by

Claudrena Harold, Kevin Jerome Everson

Genres

History

Starring

Erin Stewart, Maya Allicock, Kenyatta Blanchard

Overview

"A 16mm cinematic exploration of African American intellectual, social, and political life at the University of Virginia during the 1970s. Conceived and written by UVA History Professor and author Claudrena Harold and directed by Harold and UVA Professor of Art, filmmaker/artist Kevin Jerome Everson, the film stars Erin Stewart (the bank teller/race driver in Everson's 2006 feature film "Cinnamon") as Vivian Gordon (the director of UVA's Black Studies program between 1975 and 1980). The film tells the story of African-American women and men who through their public and private gestures sought to create a beloved community that thrived on intellectual exchange, self-critique, and human warmth." - Trilobite-Arts-DAC, Claudrena Harold, Picture Palace Pictures

How it feels

Earnest, warm and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Race, education, identity, found family

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

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

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