When 17-year-old Lennon Lacy is found hanging from a swing set in rural North Carolina in 2014, his mother's search for justice and reconciliation begins while the trauma of more than a century of lynching African Americans bleeds into the present.... (Full plot summary below)
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When 17-year-old Lennon Lacy is found hanging from a swing set in rural North Carolina in 2014, his mother's search for justice and reconciliation begins while the trauma of more than a century of lynching African Americans bleeds into the present.
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| RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonBy virtue of its subject, Always in Season is going to be a very hard sit for many, but this film should be seen. It is an unflinching look at how the racial sins of the past remain flowing through the arteries of the present day. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreSo far, in Monroe, where white folks interviewed in the film Always in Season lament the reenactment and gripe about “leaving the past alone,” nobody’s talked. |
| Screen DailyStephen WhittyAn artful, deeply felt documentary, Always in Season has its own, sadly necessary reasons for being. |
| VarietyDennis HarveyThis film offers an engrossing mix of history, investigation and activism. |
| Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenThe impact of hearing Danny Glover’s calm voice reading published invitations to lynching parties remains chillingly undiminished. |
| The Hollywood ReporterKeith UhlichOlive paints a portrait of righteous rage and determination. |
| The New York TimesBen KenigsbergOlive weaves these stories together with fluidity and purpose, but the ideas of Always in Season sometimes crowd one another out. |
| IndieWireKate ErblandWhile Olive’s apparent desire to layer together Lacy’s tragic story with historical stories of lynching and the way they impact current culture is understandable (and admirable), the trio of stories that make up Always in Season never fit together. |
