Erie

Erie

Directed by Kevin Jerome Everson • 2010 • United States

One of the major works of twenty-first-century American cinema thus far, Kevin Jerome Everson’s ERIE unfolds as a series of arresting single-take shots that capture everyday moments of Black working-class life in communities surrounding Lake Erie, including Buffalo, Cleveland, Niagara Falls, and the filmmaker’s hometown of Mansfield, Ohio. A man struggling determinedly to unlock a car with a wire hanger, a conversation between a group of former General Motors employees, a young girl staring fixedly at a candle—the black-and-white 16 mm vignettes that Everson presents are offered without comment, but they speak subtly to the history of Black migration in the United States and to the present-day reality of an economically declining Rust Belt.

Erie is presented alongside a selection of shorts by Kevin Jerome Everson.

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Erie
  • Erie

    Directed by Kevin Jerome Everson • 2010 • United States

    One of the major works of twenty-first-century American cinema thus far, Kevin Jerome Everson’s ERIE unfolds as a series of arresting single-take shots that capture everyday moments of Black working-class life in communities surrounding Lak...

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  • Company Line

    Directed by Kevin Jerome Everson • 2009 • United States

    City employees and former residents recount the history of one of the first predominantly Black neighborhoods in Mansfield, Ohio, historically referred to as Company Line. Established during the postwar migration of Blacks from the South to...

  • Sound That

    Directed by Kevin Jerome Everson • 2014 • United States

    Employees of the Cleveland Water Department hunt for leaks in the infrastructure of Cuyahoga County.

  • Ears, Nose and Throat

    Directed by Kevin Jerome Everson • 2016 • United States

    During an ears, nose, and throat examination, Shadeena Brooks recounts a horrible event that she witnessed.

  • IFO

    Directed by Kevin Jerome Everson • 2017 • United States

    Kevin Jerome Everson chronicles three famous UFO sightings over Mansfield, Ohio.

  • Glenville

    Directed by Kevin Jerome Everson and Kahlil I. Pedizisai • 2020 • United States

    Kevin Jerome Everson and Kahlil I. Pedizisai update the 1898 film SOMETHING GOOD – NEGRO KISS, which features the first representation of African American intimacy in cinema history.