Suzanne, Suzanne (1982)
Directed by James Hatch, Camille Billops · 26 min · Documentary
2.5 TOPICAL score · #6,471 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →This poignant documentary profiles a young black woman's struggle to confront the legacy of a physically abusive father and her headlong flight into drug abuse. Suzanne, after years of physical and psychological abuse, is compelled to understand her father's violence and her mother's passive complicity, who suffered at her husband's hands as well, as the keys to her own self-destruction. After years of silence, Suzanne and her mother are finally able to share their painful experiences with each other in an intensely moving moment of truth.
Suzanne, Suzanne (1982, directed by James Hatch and Camille Billops) has a TOPICAL score of 2.5 - ranked 6,471 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on historical impact and lasting engagement, and lowest on awards. Audiences: TMDB 6/10 (10 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 4 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
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- AudienceTMDB 6/10 (10 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 4 languages · National Film Registry
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