If This Ain't Heaven by Roberta Cantow ; photographed, edited and produced by Roberta Cantow.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Cantow, Roberta, film director, film producer, distributor. .

Roberta Cantow, distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Social life and customs.

African Americans.

Loneliness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (27 min.)

Distribution:

New York, N.Y. Grasshopper Film

Place of Publication:

[Place of distribution not identified] Roberta Cantow 2023.

Summary:

If This Ain't Heaven offers a portrait of an African American man that may very well challenge any number of stereotypes and assumptions about masculinity and African American men. The film shows us the very private side of Mr. G, a seemingly ordinary man, by allowing us inside his home where he interacts in a most loving, charming and humorous way with his cat, Africa. It is a kind of performance, and Mr. G - who speaks to and for his cat - becomes the "ventriloquist/artist par excellence." One can debate whether Mr. G is lonely or not, but his life is most assuredly enhanced by the story that he has invented about himself and the cat, and the manner in which he has filled in the details

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title screen

OCLC:

1395477951

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license