SummaryA landmark of independent cinema, Compensation is Zeinabu irene Davis’s moving, ambitious portrait of the struggles of Deaf African Americans and the complexities of loving relationships at the bookends of the twentieth century. In extraordinary dual performances, Michelle A. Banks and John Earl Jelks play Malindy and Arthur, a couple in 1910 Chi... Read More
Directed By:Zeinabu irene Davis
Written By:Marc Arthur Chéry
Compensation
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Feb 26, 2025
100
Compensation deftly uses intimate methods of character identification to encourage the viewer to imbibe the larger history lived through those figures.
Feb 21, 2025
100
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.
Feb 21, 2025
100
Compensation, director Zeinabu irene Davis’ masterpiece, is a film guided by the desire to represent facets of Black life and history left relatively unexplored.
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Production Company:
- Wimmin with a Mission Productions
Release Date:Feb 21, 2025
Duration:1 h 35 m
Awards
National Film Preservation Board, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 1 Nomination
