Carson McCullers
Writing
Biography
Carson McCullers, born Lula Carson Smith, was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet. Her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts in a small town of the U.S. South.
Known For
A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.
Theatre Night
Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post.
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Three short stories about women & men relationship.
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
Tomboy, Frances 'Frankie' Addams, dreams of running away with her brother and new fiancée away from the Deep South.
The Member of the Wedding
In the last days leading up to her older brother's marriage, a young girl is forced to face realities and grow up quickly. A tender adaptation of Carson McCullers' classic novel, which has seen previous adaptations for both stage and screen.
The Member of the Wedding
Singer is a deaf-mute whose small world brings him in contact with a young girl, Mick, who cherishes a seemingly hopeless dream of becoming a concert pianist. At first hostile, Mick soon becomes friends with Singer, hoping to enlarge his small world. Three other central characters come to Singer for help also, each of them seeing in him a powerful force.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
A small-town eccentric opens a café in her decaying home.
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
12-year-old tomboy Frankie Addams dreams of going away with her brother and his bride-to-be on their upcoming honeymoon. [Taped live in performance at the James K. Polk Theater, Nashville.]
The Member of the Wedding
Set at a roadside café in the early morning in the Spring of 1947, a young boy and an older man meet by chance. The man relates a luminous tale of personal heartbreak and loss, and of his hard won understanding of the nature of love
A Tree a Rock a Cloud
A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud is a short film
A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud
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