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A high school dance invitation sparks a wave of racial tension and violence in a desert town, threatening to upset the fragile social harmony.

In the French film, a small town called Cicada, where poverty and racial tension reign, a complex and provocative story unfolds. The setting is a "lost paradise" where a white Army veteran, Bob, asks a black woman, Bessie, to the Saturday night dance, sparking a chain of events that exposes the dark underbelly of the town's social dynamics.

Info about Checkerboard

Studio(s): Lodice-Zodiaque-Globe, Zodiaque Productions

Originally Released: United States, May 06, 1959

Production Countries: France, Italy

Genres:Drama