Films
Exit 13
Exit 13 explores the journey of an overnight bathroom attendant at a remote truck stop. One night he witnesses something that he wasn't supposed to see...
Starring Jeffrey Buehl, Dan Pinto and Sal Mistretta. Written, produced, directed and edited by Booker T. Mattison. Produced by Carrie Specht. Director of Photography Cybel Martin.
The Gilded Six Bits
"All that glitters ain't gold" is the moral of this story of marriage and materialism in the rural south during the Great Depression.
Matrimony could not have been better for Joe and Missie May Banks. A year into their marriage they were able to have a home on the outskirts of town and money saved up for their future, which included children. That is until Otis D. Slemmons moves into town, a big shot from the big city who opens an ice cream parlor. He is a rich, well-dressed, smooth talker unlike any other man in their small town.
A husband, a wife, and an outsider become interconnected in Zora Neale Hurston's The Gilded Six Bits.
Total running time for the film is 28 minutes 55 seconds.
Zora Neale Hurston, also called 'Queen of the Harlem Renaissance' was an acclaimed author, folklorist, poet and anthropologist. One of the most published women writers in the 30s, she authored more than 50 articles and short stories, four novels, two books on folklore, an autobiography, and several plays. She is best known for her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. The Gilded Six Bits was her first published work.
Film Stars:
Chad Coleman (The Wire)
T'keyah Crystal Keymah (In Living Color)
Wendell Pierce (Treme')
Novella Nelson (The Antwon Fisher Story)
