Tree Shade

Story

Synopsis

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

Writers

Lisa Collins

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

1 June 1998

Ensemble

Cast

• Reneé Griggsby

  Savannah Mayfield

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  Starla Benford

  Denise Mayfield/Nefertiti Klaus

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  Lina Bradford

  Etta Mae Mayfield (as Girlina)

• David Drake

  Santa Claus

• Elizabeth Lynn

  Olive

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  Fritz Michel

• Esther Pulliam-Torres

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  David Sitler

  1950's Detective