(Early Riser)

Content: This short is based on Chester Himes’s novel Cotton Comes to Harlem (1965) and its adaptation for the screen by Ossie Davis in 1970. The cotton in the novel and film comes from the region around Columbus, Mississippi. Shot in noir-style, the film focuses on the scene when detectives Coffin Ed and Grave Digger Jones interrogate Lo-Boy, an artist/hustler, about the event around the demise of his friend Early Riser.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Drama

Runtime:

5 minutes

Year:

2011

Directors:

Kevin Jerome Everson

Production companies:

Trich Arts,

Picture Palace Pictures

Actors:

Gravedigger Jones

Lo-Boy #1

Lo-Boy #2

Crews:

Producer

Production Assistant

Production Design

First Assistant Director

Editor