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Aug 16, 2020 · Sundown: Directed by Yann Demange. With Jurnee Smollett, Jonathan Majors, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Courtney B. Vance. Atticus Freeman meets up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Yann Demange
- 2020-08-16
- Sundown. Atticus Freeman goes to his hometown of Chicago to find his missing father.
- Whitney's On The Moon. While Leti and George luxuriate in their new surroundings, Atticus grows suspicious of their hosts at Ardham Lodge.
- Holy Ghost. Leti's plan to open a boarding house in a white neighborhood is challenged by racist acts--and awakens dormant spirits in the house.
- A History Of Violence. Leti, Tic, and Montrose head to Boston looking for missing pages of a text.
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Veteran and pulp-fiction aficionado Atticus Freeman travels from the Jim Crow South to his South Side of Chicago hometown in search of his missing father Montrose. After recruiting his uncle George and childhood friend Letitiato join him, the trio sets out for “Ardham,” MA, where they think Montrose may have gone looking for insight into Atticus’ l...
During the Korean War, Atticus has a surreal vision consisting of hundreds of UFOs, a beautiful Martian woman, and a battle between baseball icon Jackie Robinson and the creature Cthulhu. It turns out to be a dream he has while traveling home. While on the bus, awoman sitting across from Atticus tells him that they made it to the promised land. The...
The episode title "Sundown," refers to "sundown towns," which are all-white neighborhoods that practice a form of racial segregation by excluding minorities through discriminatory local laws, intim...The narration in the opening dream sequence is from the 1950 film The Jackie Robinson Story.The voice-over Atticus, Letitia and George listen to during the “Midwest” travel montage is James Baldwin speaking during his debate with William F. Buckley Junior in 1965.People also ask
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