Medicine for Melancholy

Wednesday, March 17 - Tuesday, March 23, 2021

A love story of bikes and one-night stands told through two African-American twenty-something’s dealing with issues of class, identity, and the evolving conundrum of being a minority in rapidly gentrifying San Francisco-a city with the smallest proportional black population of any other major American city.

  • Country USA
  • Running Time 87 minutes
  • Distributor IFC in Theatres, LLC
  • Director Barry Jenkins
  • Writer Berry Jenkins
  • Producer Justin Barber
  • Cast Wyatt Cenac, Tracey Heggins

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