Medicine for Melancholy

Drama, Romance | 2008 | NR. 1hr 28min
CAST: Wyatt Cenac, Tracey Heggins, Elizabeth Acker DIRECTOR: Barry Jenkins BLACK HISTORY MONTH | TUESDAY FILM SERIES

The first film from acclaimed writer and director of Moonlight, Barry Jenkins. Twenty-four hours in the tentative relationship of two young San Franciscans also dealing with the conundrum of being a minority in a rapidly gentrifying city.

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Reviews

Medicine for Melancholy reminds that much is possible with little.

Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times

Smart, funny, and visually gorgeous, with the intimacy of a relationship drama and the resonance of a city portrait.

David Edelstein, Vulture