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| Directed by | Zeinabu irene Davis |
| Written by | Marc Arthur Chéry |
| Based on | "Compensation" by Paul Laurence Dunbar |
| Produced by | Zeinabu irene Davis |
| Starring | Michelle A. Bank John Earl Jelks |
| Cinematography | Pierre H. L. Desir, Jr. |
| Edited by | Zeinabu irene Davis Dana Briscoe |
| Music by | Reginald R. Robinson Atiba Y. Jali |
Production company | Wimmin with a Mission Productions[1] |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English American Sign language |
Compensation is a 1999 independent drama film produced, co-edited and directed by Zeinabu irene Davis and written by Marc Arthur Chéry. The film is about two parallel love stories set in turn-of-the-century and present-day Chicago, with both stories concerning a relationship between a deaf woman and a hearing man. The story is inspired by the 1906 poem of the same name from early African-American writer Paul Laurence Dunbar.[2] The film stars Michelle A. Banks and John Earl Jelks in the leading roles. The early part of the story is shot like a silent film. Though the film was not released until 1999, filming took place in 1993.[3]
The film premiered at 1999 Atlanta Film and Video Festival and was later screened at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival in the Dramatic Feature category.[2] The film was also shown at the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego,[4] the Independent Film Market in New York, and the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles. Film critic Richard Brody has described the film as "one of the greatest American independent films ever made."[5]
- ^ "Compensation". UCLA Library. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
- ^ a b "Compensation". Sundance Institute Archives.
- ^ "20th Anniversary of Professor Zeinabu Davis' Film "Compensation" – Communication Department". unquote.ucsd.edu. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
- ^ "Award-Winning Film by UCSD Filmmaker to Premiere June 2 at San Diego Museum of Photographic Arts". UCSD Social Sciences. May 23, 2000. Archived from the original on September 16, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
- ^ Brody, Richard (June 5, 2021). "What to Stream, Urgently: "Compensation," a Modern Classic Rescued". The New Yorker. Retrieved December 7, 2022.