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Caesar's '03 'Darker Side' a testament to on-campus film talent

Film

Published Friday, April 26, 2002

In Jamal Caesar's '03 "The Darker Side," beautiful days in the city don't always end up so pretty.

Capturing the tense crescendo of one couple's heated exchange on a blazing day in New York, Caesar '03 overcomes an initially sluggish pace, ending his 48-minute film with rapid-fire, racially honest action.

Adapting Amiri Baraka's "The Dutchman" with co-writer Elshaday Gebreyes '03, Caesar preserves much of the original work while adding and altering where necessary, utilizing the freedom of the film medium to establish the plot's direction.

For example, Caesar begins...

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