Early Riser

This short is based on Chester Himess novel Cotton Comes to Harlem 1965 and its adaptation for the screen by Ossie Davis in 1970 The cotton in the novel and film comes from the region around Columbus Mississippi Shot in noirstyle the film focuses on the scene when detectives Coffin Ed and Grave Digger Jones interrogate LoBoy an artisthustler about the event around the demise of his friend Early Riser