Early Riser

2011 5 min

Overview

This short is based on Chester Himes’s novel Cotton Comes to Harlem (1965) and its adaptation for the screen by Ossie Davis in 1970. The cotton in the novel and film comes from the region around Columbus, Mississippi. Shot in noir-style, the film focuses on the scene when detectives Coffin Ed and Grave Digger Jones interrogate Lo-Boy, an artist/hustler, about the event around the demise of his friend Early Riser.

Genres

Drama

Production Countries

United States of America

Spoken Languages

English en

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Cast

James McGilbray

Gravedigger Jones

Dawon Owens

Lo-Boy #1

Robert Stewart

Lo-Boy #2

Crew

Kevin Jerome Everson

Producer

Kevin Jerome Everson

Cinematography

Madeleine Molyneaux

Producer

Kevin Jerome Everson

Writer

Kevin Jerome Everson

Director

Posters

External Links

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