Tree Shade
7.2
Shame and embarrassment propel Savannah, a gifted high school student, embarks on a journey through space and time to witness the prison convictions of her great-grandmother Etta Mae, her grand-aunt Olive, and her aunt Denise. The fanciful and chilling tales of a delightfully vain maid in the 1920s, a hopelessly depressed nanny in the 1950s, and a mother frustrated during the holiday season in the 1980s, help Savannah reconcile her feelings about her own past in this touching coming-of-age story. An imaginative, thoroughly engaging drama that speaks volumes about identity and self-worth.
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Cast
8 people
Reneé Griggsby
Savannah Mayfield
No other roles listed
Starla Benford
Denise Mayfield/Nefertiti Klaus
Known for
United 93
13
Lina Bradford
Etta Mae Mayfield (as Girlina)
Also in
Woo
Always Something Better
David Drake
Santa Claus
Known for
Philadelphia
Vinyl
Elizabeth Lynn
Olive
No other roles listed
Fritz Michel
Also in
Angels & Demons
Great Expectations
Esther Pulliam-Torres
David Sitler
1950's Detective
Known for
The Strange Ones
Lisa Collins Director · Brian A. Kates Editor Bernhard Blythe Production designer
United States release June 1, 1998 · Produced in United States · Production Columbia University School of the Arts, Wing and a Prayer Productions
Production
Women Make Movies
Production
Columbia University School of the Arts
Production
Wing and a Prayer Productions
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 1, 1998
Theatrical · Circa June, Avignon/New York Film Festival
United States
June 19, 1999 · Theatrical · Atlanta Film Festival
March 29, 2000 · Theatrical · Doboy's Dozens
November 25, 2000 · Theatrical · African Diaspora Film Festival