Sugarcoated Arsenic
6.6
"A 16mm cinematic exploration of African American intellectual, social, and political life at the University of Virginia during the 1970s. Conceived and written by UVA History Professor and author Claudrena Harold and directed by Harold and UVA Professor of Art, filmmaker/artist Kevin Jerome Everson, the film stars Erin Stewart (the bank teller/race driver in Everson's 2006 feature film "Cinnamon") as Vivian Gordon (the director of UVA's Black Studies program between 1975 and 1980). The film tells the story of African-American women and men who through their public and private gestures sought to create a beloved community that thrived on intellectual exchange, self-critique, and human warmth." - Trilobite-Arts-DAC, Claudrena Harold, Picture Palace Pictures
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Cast
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Erin Stewart
Vivian Gordon
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Maya Allicock
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Kevin Jerome Everson
Claudrena Harold
Vivian Gordon
Vivian Gordon
Kenyatta Blanchard
Student
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Madeleine Molyneaux
Jared Brown
Student
Christina Chavis
Student
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Hallie Clark
Student
Lauren Coleman
Student
Dana Cypress
Student
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Kevin Jerome Everson Director · Claudrena Harold Director Vivian Gordon Writer
United States release October 5, 2014 · Produced in United States
Production
Trilobite-Arts-DAC
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Netherlands · January 25, 2014
Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam
United States · October 5, 2014
Premiere · New York Film Festival
Austria
November 1, 2014 · VIENNALE Film Festival
Belgium
April 4, 2020 · Premiere · Courtisane Festival
Brazil
April 18, 2018 · Premiere · Fronteira Festival
Canada
February 1, 2021 · The Criterion Channel
Ecuador
November 20, 2019 · Encuentros Cinematográficos Cámara Lúcida IV
Germany
May 2, 2014 · Premiere · Oberhausen Film Festival
Portugal
October 19, 2019 · Premiere · Doc Lisboa
United Kingdom
June 1, 2014 · Edinburgh International Film Festival
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