LAFCA Presents: Devil in a Blue Dress
On April 22, we’ll present a 30th anniversary screening of Devil in a Blue Dress with writer-director Carl Franklin in person. The film was awarded a Best Supporting Actor recognition by LAFCA for Don Cheadle’s performance as Mouse Alexander, opposite Denzel Washington’s Easy Rawlins. The film will be followed by a Q&A with Franklin, moderated by Beandrea July, LAFCA member and Programmer at UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Denzel Washington turns up the heat as an L.A. private eye in this steamy mystery from executive producers Jonathan Demme and Edward Saxon and director Carl Franklin. Washington stars as Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, a decorated war hero who returns home to the segregation of post-war America. Forced to accept an under-the-table job finding a missing socialite, Easy is caught between the white elite and the vibrant black community of Central Avenue. And as soon as Easy and his trigger-happy friend Mouse (Don Cheadle, in a star-making performance) find the mysterious Daphne Monet (Jennifer Beals), trouble follows.
On April 22, we’ll present a 30th anniversary screening of Devil in a Blue Dress with writer-director Carl Franklin in person. The film was awarded a Best Supporting Actor recognition by LAFCA for Don Cheadle’s performance as Mouse Alexander, opposite Denzel Washington’s Easy Rawlins. The film will be followed by a Q&A with Franklin, moderated by Beandrea July, LAFCA member and Programmer at UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Denzel Washington turns up the heat as an L.A. private eye in this steamy mystery from executive producers Jonathan Demme and Edward Saxon and director Carl Franklin. Washington stars as Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, a decorated war hero who returns home to the segregation of post-war America. Forced to accept an under-the-table job finding a missing socialite, Easy is caught between the white elite and the vibrant black community of Central Avenue. And as soon as Easy and his trigger-happy friend Mouse (Don Cheadle, in a star-making performance) find the mysterious Daphne Monet (Jennifer Beals), trouble follows.