Tree Shade (1998)
Shame and embarrassment propel Savannah, a gifted high school student, embarks on a journey through space and time to witness the prison convictions of her great-grandmother Etta Mae, her grand-aunt Olive, and her aunt Denise. The fanciful and chilling tales of a delightfully vain maid in the 1920s, a hopelessly depressed nanny in the 1950s, and a mother frustrated during the holiday season in the 1980s, help Savannah reconcile her feelings about her own past in this touching coming-of-age story. An imaginative, thoroughly engaging drama that speaks volumes about identity and self-worth.
Director: Lisa Collins
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Reneé Griggsby as Savannah Mayfield |
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Starla Benford as Denise Mayfield/Nefertiti Klaus |
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Lina Bradford as Etta Mae Mayfield (as Girlina) |
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David Drake as Santa Claus |
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Elizabeth Lynn as Olive |
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Fritz Michel as |
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Esther Pulliam-Torres as |
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David Sitler as 1950's Detective |
| Directing | Lisa Collins | Director |
| Writing | Lisa Collins | Writer |
| Production | Lisa Collins | Executive Producer |
| Production | Peter Giblin | Associate Producer |
| Production | Diane Lloyd | Producer |
| Production | Lewis Payton, Jr. | Producer |
| Production | Lewis Payton, Jr. | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Brian A. Kates | Editor |
| Production | Valerie Bernard | Casting |
| Production | Bernhard Blythe | Production Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vonnie Yung | Costume Designer |
| Crew | Tom Kalin | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Missy Cohen | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Lisa Cortés | Music Supervisor |
| Crew | John Miller-Monzon | Thanks |