South
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About
ABOUT THE FILM: Inspired by her love of William Faulkner and James Baldwin, renowned director Chantal Akerman had planned to produce a meditation on the American South. However, just days before she was to begin filming, James Byrd, Jr. was murdered in Jasper, Texas. This racially motivated killing shook the country, and revealed the intense hate that still lies just beneath the surface of our society. Instead of following the story in a typical American media fashion, Akerman allows the story t
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Cast
Adriano Luz
Humberto
Jani Zhao
Alice
Afonso Pimentel
Matilha
Margarida Vila-Nova
Mafalda
Ivo Canelas
Pastor Santoro
Beatriz Batarda
Patrícia Matos
Nuno Lopes
Inspector Rebelo
Adriano Carvalho
Inspector Chefe
Sourced from American Cinematheque · Updated May 30, 2026
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