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Films include:
- Red Hook Summer
The latest in Spike Lee`s Chronicles of Brooklyn series (which also includes She`s Gotta Have It, Do The Right Thing, Crooklyn, Clockers and He Got Game), Red Hook Summer tells the story of Flik Royale, a sullen young boy from middle-class Atlanta who has come to spend the summer with his deeply religious grandfather, Bishop Enoch Rouse, in the housing projects of Red Hook. Between his grandfather`s constant preaching and the culture shock of inner-city life, Flik`s summer appears to be a total disaster - until he meets a pretty girl, who shows him the brighter side of Brooklyn.
- American Violet
Nicole Beharie (TV`s Sleepy Hollow), Will Patton (Remember The Titans), Charles Dutton (TV`s Roc) and Alfre Woodard star in this gripping true-life story. Falsely accused of distributing narcotics in a school zone, Dee Roberts (Beharie) is offered a deal the struggling single mother can`t refuse: plead guilty and accept a 10-year suspended sentence. The alternative: risk serving 16-to-25 in jail. Realizing a conviction would ruin her life, she decides to fight back.
- Rain
Determined to find the mother who abandoned her, 14-year-old Rain leaves her secluded home after her grandmother dies in this inspiring coming-of-age film. But her hopes for a loving reconciliation are quickly shattered when she discovers that her mother (Nicki Micheaux, Lincoln Heights) is now a drug-addicted prostitute living in the worst part of the city. Frightened, Rain turns for help to a kind-hearted track coach (CCHPounder, Avatar), who encourages her to pursue her dreams.
- Kidulthood
Not since Kids has there been a film like Kidulthood. When classes are suspended after a bullied teenager kills herself rather than face another day of torment, a pack of wild teenagers invades the streets of the inner city in this gritty, raw and straightforward look at lost innocence and wasted youth.
Nicki Micheaux