Film · 2025

The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire

Name: The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire
Director: Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich
Genre: Drama
Released: 2025-06-06

74 min · Directed by Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich · NR

Drama

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An actress, three months post-partum, reads through fragments of the archive of Suzanne Césaire as she prepares to perform excerpts of the writer's work.

Cast

Zita Hanrot

Suzanne Césaire

Motell Gyn Foster

Josué Gutierrez

Reese Antoinette

Renee

Melisa Lopez

Nanny

Crew

Director: Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich
Producer: Sophie Luo, Mike S. Ryan
Writer: Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich
Editor: Emily Packer
Cinematography: Alex Ashe
Production Design: Terry Watson
Composer: Sabine McCalla
Sound: Andrew Tracy
Costume: Mumbi O'Brien

Details

Studios: Madame Negritude
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English, French
Certification: NR
Release: June 6, 2025

Themes

film in filmliterary adaptationwoman centricblack perspectivecaribbean

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