Always in Season

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Always in Season

2019

1h 29m

Documentary

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Relatives of lynching victims, the perpetrators and others across the United States confront what happened in their communities.

Adam Graham

Detroit News

10/18/2019

C+

"Always in Season" takes on a hefty, important topic, but would benefit from a more balanced approach.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

10/04/2019

This is a deeply difficult film. Very moving.

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Los Angeles Times

09/26/2019

The questionable death of a North Carolina African American teenager is framed in the greater context of the America's not-so-distant lynching past in Jacqueline Olive's rightfully disturbing documentary "Always in Season."

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

08/31/2020

3.5/4.0

Always in Season is Jacqueline Olive's feature film directing debut and it's a remarkable one.

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Nora Lee Mandel

Maven's Nest

02/01/2020

9/10

Extraordinary integration of contextualizing the contemporary violence against African-American men within a long American tradition. Vividly brings past and present to life.

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Evan Dossey

Midwest Film Journal

10/14/2019

A stirring and substantial look at the United States' legacy of racial injustice.

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10/25/2019

Educational. It’s difficult getting hard facts on events like the ones in this doc. I hadn’t heard of the events in the doc before watching. Thank you so much for producing this doc.

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10/19/2019

Expose the atrocities of NC & GA. Never give up for prosecution and the truth. Never give up!

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09/26/2019

Unbelievable movie about a subject that is not talked about as it much as it should. Well done documentary.

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09/25/2019

this is a very important film. a must see in these days

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09/25/2019

Devastating but vitally important film about racial violence and how the past bleeds into our present. Told with guts, and beautifully crafted.

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09/25/2019

I can't believe this is one of the first doc films I've seen about this dreadful, hidden topic: lynching in America. Bravo to Ms. Olive for shedding light on it. So moving and thought provoking! "Always in Season" seamlessly weaves together a modern day tale with other historical stories to remind us that the past is alive and well. Claudia Lacy's re-telling of how she lost her son, Lennon, to racial terror (in both the actual murder as well as the botched police investigation) is seared into my mind forever. This film is getting a limited release at AMC theaters this fall - GO SEE IT!

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Jacqueline Olive

Director

Danny Glover

Narrator

Bryan Stevenson

Self

Jacqueline Olive

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Jim Butterworth

Executive Producer

Daniel J. Chalfen

Executive Producer

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Synopsis

Relatives of lynching victims, the perpetrators and others across the United States confront what happened in their communities.

Director: Jacqueline Olive
Producer: Jess Devaney, Jacqueline Olive
Screenwriter: Jacqueline Olive
Distributor: Self Distributed
Production Co: Naked Edge Films, Good Gravy Films, Multitude Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 20, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 15, 2020
Runtime: 1h 29m