Compensation
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OC
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A landmark of independent cinema, Compensation is Zeinabu irene Davis’ moving, ambitious portrait of the struggles of Deaf African Americans and the complexities of loving relationships at the bookends of the 20th century.
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Zeinabu irene Davis
Director
Zeinabu irene Davis is an independent filmmaker and Professor of Communication at UCSD. Her works include: Cycles (1989); Mother of the River (1995), Spirits of Rebellion (2016); Pandemic Bread (2023); and Stars of the Northern Sky (in production).
- Year
- 2024
- Runtime
- 92 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, BASL, ASL
- Director
- Zeinabu irene Davis
- Producer
- Marc Arthur Chéry, Zeinabu Irene Davis
- Co Producer
- Dana Briscoe; Yvonne Welbon
- Cast
- Christopher Smith, John Earl Jelks, Kevin L. Davis, Michele A. Banks, K. Lynn Stephens, Nirvana Cobb
- Cinematographer
- H.L. Désir Jr.
- Editor
- Dana Brisco, Zeinabu Irene Davis
- Production Design
- Cathy C. Cook, Janina Edwards
- Composer
- Atiba Y. Jali, Reginald R. Robinson
- Sound Design
- Maestro-matic
- Music
- Atiba Y. Jali, Reginald R. Robinson
- Premiere
- Philadelphia