Constellation (film)

Constellation
Poster for Constellation
Directed by	Jordan Walker-Pearlman
Produced by	Shannon C. Murphy, Nancy Archuleta, Peter Kleidman, Gabe Nieto, Morris Ruskin (executive producers); Kristi N. Gamble Charla Drive (line producer); Jordan Walker-Pearlman (producers)
Written by	Jordan Walker-Pearlman
Starring	Billy Dee Williams Gabrielle Union Melissa De Sousa Hill Harper Zoe Saldana
Music by	Michael Bearden, Stefan Dickerson, Stanley A. Smith
Cinematography	John Niaga Demps
Editing by	Alison Learned
Distributed by	Codeblack Entertainment, Shoreline Entertainment
Release date(s)	February 2, 2007 (limited release)
Running time	1 hr 45 min
Country	USA
Language	English

Constellation is a film that was released by Codeblack Entertainment and 20th Century Fox in 2007. Prior to theatrical release the film won several Audience and Jury Awards at Festivals. It had its French Premiere in Cannes, and in Britain premiered as a special screening at The American Embassy in London. It currently screens across the country at "Better Together" conferences promoting inter-racial dialogue.^{[citation needed]}

Plot

Returning to Huntsville, Alabama—a town that once held back their opportunities but now glistens as a modern, sexy city—the Boxer family and its extended members discover in the memory of a loved one what binds them together.

When the beloved Carmel Boxer passes away, her entire family returns to the Deep South to celebrate her life and legacy. As the Boxer family comes together for the first time in many years, revelations of Carmel's painful past begin to force each person to address their pent up emotions and true feelings for one another. The story chronicles the lives and loves of this African-American family as its members are forced to come to terms with a tumultuous past marked by an unrequited interracial affair. The film explores the way in which the family patriarch, Helms Boxer, must confront his demons amidst the changing racial fabric of society and his own family.

Cast

• Gabrielle Union – as Carmel Boxer
• Billy Dee Williams – as Helms Boxer, a Parisian artist
• Zoe Saldana – as Rosa Boxer, Helms' daughter
• Hill Harper – as Errol Hickman, Rosa's ex boyfriend
• Melissa De Sousa – as Lucy Boxer, Helms' daughter
• Lesley Ann Warren – as Nancy;Lucy's mother; Helms' ex-wife
• Shin Koyamada – as Yoshito
• Rae Dawn Chong – as Jenita, Rosa's mother
• Daniel Bess – as young Bear Korngold
• David Clennon – as older Bear Korngold, Carmel's childhood love who pays for her funeral at Carmel's request
• Ever Carradine – as Bear's niece Celeste Korngold

Production

Constellation was filmed onsite in Huntsville.

Reception

The film received negative reviews. Based on 20 reviewers from Rotten Tomatoes,it currently holds a 0% "Rotten" with a statements saying "Though earnestly directed, Constellation lacks dramatic fireworks and eventually falls into TV-movie sentimentality."

External links

• Constellation
• Constellation at IMDB