Early Riser
2011, English. Directed by Kevin Jerome Everson.
This short is based on Chester Himes’s 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 noir-style, the film focuses on the scene when detectives Coffin Ed and Grave Digger Jones interrogate Lo-Boy, an artist/hustler, about the event around the demise of his friend Early Riser.
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- 0h 5m
- Post-credits
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- English
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- Released
- 8 September 2011
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Kevin Jerome Everson
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Early Riser isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 8 September 2011. (Checked 5 November 2026.)
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Who directed Early Riser?
Early Riser (2011) was directed by Kevin Jerome Everson and stars James McGilbray, Dawon Owens, Robert Stewart.