Spooky Season
(R) USA – 2 hr 52 min
1998 · d. Jonathan Demme
Starring Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandiwe Newton
Old secrets surface when formerly enslaved Sethe is visited by a mysterious woman who may be the spirit of her deceased daughter. This supernatural drama from Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs) is the only screen adaptation ever authorized by Nobel Prize-winner Toni Morrison.
Stick around after the movie for a talkback with Vincent Williams and Len Webb of The Micheaux Mission podcast and Stephanye Watts of the Be Reel Black Cinema Club.
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