Drylongso [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Cauleen Smith Cauleen Smith

Overview

"Cauleen Smith produced, edited and co-scripted (with Salim Akil) this low-budget drama, her directorial debut. Sitting on her porch in West Oakland, second-semester college student Pica Sullivan (Toby Smith) sees a woman, Tobi (April Barnett), being beaten and left on the street by an abusive boyfriend, so Pica goes to help her. Pica is failing her photography course because she skips class and also refuses to use a 35mm camera. Instead, on Polaroid she records the images of African American men, whom she fears someday will become extinct and forgotten. She also spends time putting missing children posters around her neighborhood. Pica runs into gangsta wannabe Tobi again, and she also grows fond of T-shirt dealer Malik (Will Power). When violence and tragedy strikes close to home, Pica is left to struggle with the stress of school, supporting her mother (Channel Schafer), and the deadline on her art project. Pica falls ill, but after Tobi nurses her back to health, Pica completes her art project -- sculptures in the vacant lot where a murder has taken place. The sculptures are shrines to the men (dead and alive) in her photos. Piano and guitar score by Kurt Harpel and Pat Thomi. Shown at the 1998 Hamptons Film Festival."

Product Details

Release Date:	08/29/2023
UPC:	0715515286312
Original Release:	1998
Rating:	R
Source:	Criterion Collection
Language:	English
Time:	1:21:00
Sales rank:	12,210

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Toby Smith	Pica Sullivan,At the Pier,Visitor of the Lot
April Barnett	Tobi
Will Power	Malik
Channel Schafer	Gloria Sullivan
Timothy Braggs	Jefferson
Channel Schaffer	Gloria
Mrs. Rattler	Grandmother
Carolyn Tyler	Newscaster
Stacey Marbey	Actor
Salim Akil	Mr. Yamada
Stacey Marbrey	Meagan
Steve Straka	Craig--Phone Persona
Ri-Karlo W. Handy	Boy at Bus Stop
Michael Davies	Drunken Man/Gambler
Earl Ford	Tide
Isah Harrison	Jefferson's Friend
Keith Williams	Mohamed,Gambler,Neighborhood Kid
Keilan Matthews	Tyson
Patrick Pulliam	Kev
Krishada Ringgold	Young Girl
Kuda Mills	Baby Boy
Jason Wols	Classmate
Tamara Washington	Crazy Woman,Visitor of the Lot
Lola M. Burks	Gambler
Dionte Houff	Gambler
Dominique Espinal	Gambler
Leslie Martin	Gambler
Bjorn Tippens	Gambler
Tyrone Johnson	Gambler,Gambler,Gambler
James Willoughby	Gambler
Tiffany Barnes	Gambler
Charles Fuller	Gambler,Gambler,Visitor of the Lot
David Tolson	Gambler,Gambler
John Gant	Gambler
Red Jackson	Gambler,Visitor of the Lot,Visitor of the Lot
Tanya Anderson	Gambler
Sayyed Y. Bey	Muslin Brother
Yuki Shumizu	Classmate
J.C. Thibaut	Classmate
Muzzi Sithebe	Classmate
Eremenko Anya	Woman at Lake Merrit
Teniela Falerai	Woman at Lake Merrit
Tua G. Tuputala	Woman at Lake Merrit
Diane McDonald	Woman at Lake Merrit
Grace Conner	Woman at Lake Merrit
Aleta Pritzos	Woman at Lake Merrit
Lori Hart	Woman at Lake Merrit
Kitty Richardson	At the Pier
Jamal Brown	Neighborhood Kid
Brandon Owens	Neighborhood Kid
Kevin Gaar	Neighborhood Kid
Stephanie Colbert	Visitor of the Lot
Camille Hunter	Visitor of the Lot
Lisa Harris	Visitor of the Lot,Visitor of the Lot
Natasha Ogunji	Visitor of the Lot
Efrem W. Hobdy	Visitor of Lot
Stacy Wise	Visitor of the Lot
Norman Lowrey	Visitor of the Lot
Charles Catley	Visitor of the Lot
Patricia A. McElroy	Visitor of the Lot
Tamara Washington-Bautista	Visitor of the Lot
Keshaunsa Johanson	Visitor of the Lot
Kameisha Bautista	Visitor of the Lot,Visitor of the Lot
Donald Dvereaux	Visitor of the Lot
Frances Cooper	Visitor of the Lot
Martha Moore	Visitor of the Lot
Reginald Shelton	Visitor of the Lot
Betty Edwards	Visitor of the Lot
Charline Ogden	Visitor of the Lot
Michael Davis	Visitor of the Lot
Jekeim Nash	Visitor of the Lot

Technical Credits

Cauleen Smith

Cauleen Smith	Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Monica R. Cooper	Casting