Zeinabu Irene Davis On The 25-Year Journey To Release ‘Compensation’ & How The LA Rebellion Lives On Through Filmmakers Like RaMell Ross
deadline.comMuch of world cinema’s lost works have been victims of either technology with poor materials like nitrate film or the ignorance of a limited and often bigoted industry.
Thankfully for film fans, it is becoming increasingly difficult for either to deal a death blow to a film’s trajectory. Social and technological advancements also continue to aid our rediscovery of past great works like Zeinabu irene Davis’s debut feature Compensation, which embarked on its first wide release this past Friday just over 25 years since its festival debut.
Compensation screened at Sundance in 2000, receiving positive notices from critics like Roger Ebert and landed an Independent Spirit nod before falling into obscurity.
The film had been something of a myth for film scholars and enthusiasts interested in the LA Rebellion, the late 60s and early 70s film movement at UCLA that spawned a collection of pioneering African and African-American filmmakers.
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