Short film

Eason

2016 · 15 min

A quiet, contemplative historical portrait that asks you to sit with a fragmentary life and piece meaning from stillness.

Directed by: Kevin Jerome Everson

Overview: Eason is inspired by the life of Rev. James Walker Hood Eason (1886-1923), an early leader of Philadelphia’s Universal Negro Improvement Association (U.N.I.A.).

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Directed by: Kevin Jerome Everson

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: race
identity
power
faith
memory
Places: big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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