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STRANGE FRUIT: The Hip-Hopera Short Film "Hear the Cry", 8min., USA
Directed by Marlon Jones, Dyneesha Moore
Imagine a powerful Black woman in the 21st century being thrust back into the 1800s Antebellum South as a slave with only one chance to escape back to her reality. This is the story of LaShelle Robinson, a spit-fire Wall Street executive, who travels back in time to rescue her enslaved ancestor, Inka, from a violent lynching — all to lift the generational curse off her white fiancé, Todd Decatur, the love of her life. After all, it is his ancestors that killed hers — a curse which now blocks their marriage. Her spirit guide, June, a magical Underground Railroad conductor, guides LaShelle back on her extraordinary journey of discovery. A thrilling hip-hop musical told through rap, song and dance, Strange Fruit is like 12 Years a Slave meets Hamilton. The story navigates the precarious road to discovering your roots, racial reconciliation, romance and ultimately redemption.
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