Category: Eve’s Bayou

  • Eve’s Bayou (1997, Kasi Lemmons)

    Eve’s Bayou is Southern Gothic, but it’s got a kids’ summer story grafted onto it; by the end, the two genres are working together to great effect. I mean, the end’s got problems, but the way the film gets to it is captivating. The film opens with Tamara Tunie narrating from the future—when she was…