Kasi Lemmons
出生 : 1961-02-24, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
略歴
Kasi Lemmons (born Karen Lemmons; February 24, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actress. She made her directorial debut with Eve's Bayou (1997), followed by Talk to Me (2007), Black Nativity (2013), Harriet (2019), and Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022). She also directed the Netflix limited series Self Made (2020), and an episode of ABC's Women of the Movement (2022).
She is also known as an actress having started her career with roles in commercials with McDonald's and Levi's. She made her film debut in Spike Lee's School Daze (1988). She continued acting in Vampire's Kiss (1989), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), and Candyman (1992).
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Director
史上最高の女性 R&B ポップ ボーカリスト、ホイットニー ヒューストンの人生と音楽を讃える、楽しく、感動的で、悲痛な祝祭。 無名から音楽のスーパースターになるまでの彼女の旅を追跡します。
Writer
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Grammy Award–winning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard’s adaptation of Charles M. Blow’s moving memoir, which The New York Times praised after its 2019 world premiere at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as “bold and affecting” and “subtly powerful.” The first opera by a Black composer presented on the Met stage and featuring a libretto by filmmaker Kasi Lemmons, the opera tells a poignant and profound story about a young man’s journey to overcome a life of trauma and hardship. James Robinson and Camille A. Brown—two of the creators of the Met’s sensational recent production of Porgy and Bess—co-direct this new staging, which appears in cinemas on October 23. Baritone Will Liverman, one of opera’s most exciting young artists, stars as Charles, alongside sopranos Angel Blue as Destiny/Loneliness/Greta and Latonia Moore as Billie.
Screenplay
19世紀半ば、売りに出されることになった奴隷の女性が、家族に二度と会えなくなると思い、脱走を決意。奴隷制が廃止されたペンシルバニア州を目指すが……。シンシア・エリヴォ主演で実話を映画化した感動作。
Director
19世紀半ば、売りに出されることになった奴隷の女性が、家族に二度と会えなくなると思い、脱走を決意。奴隷制が廃止されたペンシルバニア州を目指すが……。シンシア・エリヴォ主演で実話を映画化した感動作。
Herself
At a pivotal moment for gender equality in Hollywood, successful women directors tell the stories of their art, lives and careers. Having endured a long history of systemic discrimination, women filmmakers may be getting the first glimpse of a future that values their voices equally.
Writer
ボルチモア。母ナイマと思春期の息子ラングストンは2人でつましく暮らしていたが、ある日滞納した家賃を間もなくやって来るクリスマスまでに払えなければ立ち退けと通告される。金の当てはなく、ナイマは息子だけでも面倒を見てもらおうと、ニューヨーク・ハーレム地区の実家へラングストンを送り出す。一度も会ったことのない祖父母との対面に不安を抱くラングストン。そんな矢先、彼は誤解から留置場に入れられてしまう。
Director
ボルチモア。母ナイマと思春期の息子ラングストンは2人でつましく暮らしていたが、ある日滞納した家賃を間もなくやって来るクリスマスまでに払えなければ立ち退けと通告される。金の当てはなく、ナイマは息子だけでも面倒を見てもらおうと、ニューヨーク・ハーレム地区の実家へラングストンを送り出す。一度も会ったことのない祖父母との対面に不安を抱くラングストン。そんな矢先、彼は誤解から留置場に入れられてしまう。
Roberta Washington
SNS上で起こった事件をきっかけに、心の絆を取り戻そうとする人々の姿をサスペンスフルに描いた群像ドラマ。ある少年が、SNS上での嫌がらせを原因に自殺未遂を起こす。しかし、仕事ばかりで家庭を顧みなかった父親は、息子がなぜ自殺を図ったのかがわからない。一方、嫌がらせをしていた少年は、元刑事の厳格な父との父子家庭で、父親は威厳を示すことで愛情を伝えようとしていたが、少年はそんな父から愛情を感じるとることができなかった。互いの気持ちを知らずにいた2組の親子を中心に、つながりを求めてネット上をさまよう人々が、事件をきっかけに再び絆を取り戻そうとする姿を描く。
Director
The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.
Angry Black Woman
An ex-convict (Tyrese) gets tangled up with a gang after his car is hijacked with his son inside.
Retrospective documentary featuring director Bernard Rose, writer Clive Barker, producer Alan Poul and stars Tony Todd, Virginia Madsen and Kasi Lemmons.
Self
Explores the careers of twenty black women working as film directors.
Self
Documentary about the adaptation of the 1988 novel by Thomas Harris into the 1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme. Originally presented in two parts on Bravo Television.
Director
Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim the death is accidental. Romulus is convinced the man was murdered by a prominent art photographer but how can he prove he's right when everyone thinks he's insane?
Director
Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the betrayals they’ve endured.
Writer
Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the betrayals they’ve endured.
Angenelle
Two strangers, whose paths are always crossing, finally meet when fate steps in. It took them twenty years to fall in love at first sight.
Madonna
After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being chased by drug dealers and the police.
Writer
Dr. Hugo (Vondie Curtis-Hall) makes house calls, and makes all the young ladies swoon as they see him passing by. If he's not careful, he could find himself in big trouble.
Director
Dr. Hugo (Vondie Curtis-Hall) makes house calls, and makes all the young ladies swoon as they see him passing by. If he's not careful, he could find himself in big trouble.
June Vanderpool
Controversial film about an underground organization that kidnaps and 'deprograms' African Americans who sell out or deny their cultural heritage. Spike Lee is the Executive Producer.
Clerk
Override is a 1994 American science fiction short film. It was the directorial debut of Danny Glover and starred Lou Diamond Phillips and Emily Lloyd. It is based on the Nebula- and Hugo-nominated short story, Over the Long Haul, by Martha Soukup.
Nina Blackburn
Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz With Hats), this uproarious 'mockumentary' lampoons all of hardcore rap's hot-button issues. This underground laugh riot recounts the rise, fall and resurrection of a clueless bunch of would-be rappers, Ice Cold, Tone-Def & Tasty Taste performing as N.W.H.
Det. Marie Mitchell
When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.
Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh
都市伝説について研究している大学院生のヘレンは、黒人居住区に伝わる「キャンディマン」の伝説を調査していた。「キャンディマン」とは、鏡の前でその名前を5回唱えると現れ、名前を呼んだ者を右腕に取り付けた鉤爪で殺害するという、伝説の殺人鬼であった。 その伝説に懐疑的だったヘレンは、面白半分に鏡の前で「キャンディマン」の名前を5回唱えてしまう。それを境に、彼女の周囲で奇怪な殺人事件が次々と起きるようになる。
Carol North
Based on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the F-16, thought to be the very best tactical fighter in the world. Air Force Captain Theodore T. Harduvel was one of the best F-16 pilots the U.S. had to offer. After much digging, Janet Harduvel discovers a joint military and General Dynamic cover-up. She proves to be unwavering in her search for the truth to clear his name.
Cookie
In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improves, turns pro, and rises to become a top flight music sensation. Along the way, however, the guys learn many hard lessons about the reality of the music industry.
Ardelia Mapp
若い女性の皮膚を剥ぎ落とし、その死体を川に流すという残忍な連続猟奇殺人が発生した。 犯人の仮称を冠し“バッファロー・ビル事件”と呼ばれるこれを解決するため、FBI訓練生のクラリスは、クロフォード主任捜査官からある任務を課される。それは、元は天才的な精神科医であり、自分の患者を食したため現在は州立精神病院に措置入院されているレクター博士を訪ね、バッファロー・ビルの精神状態を解明させるというものだった。 クラリスから依頼されたレクターは、その引き換えとしてクラリスに、彼女自身の過去を語らせる。
Melanie Bryant
After a series of small tremors in Los Angeles, Dr. Clare Winslow, a local seismologist, pinpoints the exact location and time of when the long awaited earthquake--"The Big One"--will strike southern California. With this information, she must battle city officials to release this information to the general public. Also, she hopes that her family is out of harms way when the quake strikes. Subplots show how other families and people cope with the the tremors that strike before the impending "Big One."
Rachel
A film about the early life of the baseball star in the army, particulary his court-martial for insubordination regarding segragation.
Jackie
A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his affliction. The vampire continues to visit and drink his blood, and as his madness deepens, it begins to look as if some of the events he's experiencing may be hallucinations.
Perry
Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.
Hostage
A news anchorwoman from the Midwest comes to Hollywood to learn the truth about the death of her sister, the 11th victim of a killer preying on aspiring actresses, and finds herself possibly the next one on his list despite the help of an overworked cop.