电影类型：2002-07-30(美国) | 纪录 | 美国
导演：Joel Katz|
主演：Dorothy Thigpen|Amina Baraka|Amiri Baraka|E.M. 'Woody' Beck|Don Byron|
年份：(2002)

In 1937, after seeing a photo depicting the lynching of a black man in the south, Bronx-born high school teacher Abel Meeropol wrote a poem entitled "Strange Fruit" that begins with the words: "Southern trees bear a strange fruit / Blood on the leaves and blood at the root." He set the poem to music and a few years later convinced Billy holiday to record it in a legendary heartbreaking performance. Intertwining jazz genealogy, biography, performance footage, and the history of lynching, director Joel Katz fashions a fascinating discovery of the lost story behind a true American classic. 6f Written by Excerpted from Coolidge Corner Theatre Program Update