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Synopsis: The adventures of lifelong companions Idgie and Ruth, their lives, loves and loyalty to one another in the Depression-era South are recounted for an unfulfilled housewife looking to change her life.675 days ago
HOOKED ON COMIX - Life on the Cutting Edge of an All-American Art Form showcases some of the greatest second-generation-underground or alternative/contemporary cartoonists working today. HOOKED ON COMIX is a lively and entertaining documentary that delves into the dedicated and creative minds behind some of the most brilliant work in contemporary comics. Featured Cartoonists: Peter Bagge (Hate), Donna Barr, Daniel Clowes (Eightball), R.L. Crabb, Chester Brown (Yummy Fur), Julie Doucet (Dirty Plotte), Dennis Eichhorn (Real Stuff), Mary Fleener, Roberta Gregory (Bitchy Bitch), Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez (Love & Rockets), Carel Moiseiwitsch, Pat Moriarity (Big Mouth), Joe Sacco (Yahoo, Palestine), Stan Shaw, Triangle Slash, James Sturm, J.R. Williams, Jim Woodring (Jim) Music by: Beat Happening, Bikini Kill, Sick & Wrong, Sin Alley Kats, and Laughin' Spittin' Man675 days ago
12-year-old Alex Haley (CHRISTOFF ST. JOHN) learns his family history from grandfather Will Palmer (STAN SHAW). Simon Haley (DORIAN HAREWOOD) lands a professorship at an Alabama college where he works with the local rural sharecroppers, helping them increase production, in addition to his classroom work. Bertha (IRENE CARA) learns she has a fatal illness and dies at an early age.675 days ago
Tom Harvey's daughter, Cynthia (BEVER-LEIGH BANFIELD) falls in love with Will Palmer (STAN SHAW) a railroad worker who soon lands a job at the lumber company. Tensions meanwhile mount in Henning as the white community seeks to strip the blacks of their rights. Will's friend Lee Garnet (ROGER MOSLEY) is lynched after accompanying Tom (GEORG STANFORD BROWN) when he fails in his attempt to register to vote.676 days ago
Seventeen years later: Will Palmer (STAN SHAW) prospers as the owner of the lumber company. His daughter Bertha (IRENE CARA) goes to college where she falls in love with Simon Haley (DORIAN HAREWOOD), a poor sharecropper's son. Bertha picks up Simon's diploma as he leaves school a week early to join the Army and World War I.
