Compensation

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Compensation

1999

1h 31m

Romance

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50+ Ratings

The lives of two hearing-impaired black women (Michelle A. Banks) parallel each another.

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Robert Daniels

RogerEbert.com

Feb 21

4/4

Davis’ visionary approach—which imagines deafness and Black life in infinitely gentle terms—spellbindingly brings us into a soulful world.

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Jake Cole

Slant Magazine

Feb 21

4/4

Compensation deftly uses intimate methods of character identification to encourage the viewer to imbibe the larger history lived through those figures.

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

Feb 21

The great power of the movie, beyond the passionate specifics of its romantic dramas, is in the distillation of an enormous vision of historical unity.

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Kathy Fennessy

Seattle Film Blog

Sep 9

4/4

From today's perspective, [Zeinabu irene] Davis's concerns don't seem radical necessarily, but though rooted in the realities of the past, her film really was ahead of its time.

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Laura Clifford

Reeling Reviews

May 6

B+

the film's greater achievement is its use of archival photography to weave in specific histories of the past and then-present and silent film techniques which lend themselves to the deaf experience...a major rediscovery

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Sarah Vincent

Sarah G Vincent Views

Feb 25

I honestly do not think that I am smart enough to convey how innovative and unique “Compensation” is. It is unlike anything that you have ever seen, could be challenging to watch and should be watched repeatedly to fully appreciate.

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10/31/2009

I saw this movie on cable and was completely blown away by the mixing of silent film and modern cinema techniques. The plot of the movie was superb but nothing matched the acting. I truly enjoyed this movie was would watch it again if I had the chance to.

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12/13/2007

This films' pretty damn good. If you ever come across an opportunity to watch it, you won't be disappointed. Davis's work always delivers on concept and execution and Compensation is no different. Yay for filmmakers from Ohio!

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Synopsis

The lives of two hearing-impaired black women (Michelle A. Banks) parallel each another.

Director: Zeinabu Irene Davis
Producer: Zeinabu Davis, Marc Chery
Screenwriter: Marc Arthur Chery
Production Co: Miramax
Genre: Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (TV): Apr 6, 2002
Box Office (Gross USA): $9.1K
Runtime: 1h 31m

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