Berta, Berta

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90m
Drama
1W, 1M

Overview

After committing an unforgivable crime, Leroy is granted one final wish: a chance to make amends with his long-lost lover, Berta. Their reunion swells from a quarrelsome conjuring of the past to an impassioned plot to escape their impending fate.

Casting & Production

Casting

LEROY — African American, a smoldering wanderer

BERTA — African American, a young widow

Setting

Berta’s home in Meridian, Mississippi
May 1st, 1923. From 2 AM to sunrise