Film

Tree Shade

1998 · 30m · Adventure · Drama · Fantasy

Shame and embarrassment propel Savannah, a gifted high school student, embarks on a journey through space and time to witness the prison convictions of her great-grandmother Etta Mae, her grand-aunt Olive, and her aunt Denise. The fanciful and chilling tales of a delightfully vain maid in the 1920s, a hopelessly depressed nanny in the 1950s, and a mother frustrated during the holiday season in the 1980s, help Savannah reconcile her feelings about her own past in this touching coming-of-age story. An imaginative, thoroughly engaging drama that speaks volumes about identity and self-worth.

Reneé Griggsby

Savannah Mayfield

Starla Benford

Denise Mayfield/Nefertiti Klaus

Lina Bradford

Etta Mae Mayfield (as Girlina)

David Drake

Santa Claus

Elizabeth Lynn

Olive

Fritz Michel

Esther Pulliam-Torres

David Sitler

1950's Detective

• Lisa CollinsDirector · Writer · Executive Producer
• Diane LloydProducer
• Lewis Payton, Jr.Producer
• Brian A. KatesEditor
• Valerie BernardCasting

Release date

June 1, 1998

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

30m

Genres

Adventure, Drama, Fantasy