The Annihilation of Fish (James Earl Jones Remembered)

Winner of an Honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement, Charles Burnett (KILLER OF SHEEP, TO SLEEP WITH ANGER) remains one of our country’s most celebrated independent filmmakers.

In his charming THE ANNIHILATION OF FISH, Lynn Redgrave plays Poinsettia, a former housewife with an imagined lover in the form of 19th-century composer Giacomo Puccini. She moves into a Los Angeles boarding house with an energetic landlady (Margot Kidder). There she meets a Jamaican widower, Fish (James Earl Jones), who has recently been released from a mental institution despite his continued battles against unseen demons.

In the face of personal challenges and differences, the couple grows together and begins to discover new things about themselves and the nuances of love and happiness.

Famously unavailable in any form since it played festivals in 1999, this lost masterwork is finally released in a new 4K restoration.