Stars: Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Anthony Mackie, Issa Rae, Common, Algee Smith, Sabrina Carpenter, K.J. Apa, Dominique Fishback, Lamar Johnson, Tj Wright, Megan Lawless, Rhonda Johnson Dents, Tony Vaughn | Written by Audrey Wells | Directed by George Tillman Jr.
Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds: the poor, mostly black, neighborhood where she lives and the rich, mostly white, prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressures from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what’s right.
George Tillman, Jr’s The Hate U Give, at its fingertips, has the powerful visual/thematic resonation and emotional intensity of any masterpiece in African American cinema that has come before it. Evoking the cultural implications in...
Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds: the poor, mostly black, neighborhood where she lives and the rich, mostly white, prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressures from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what’s right.
George Tillman, Jr’s The Hate U Give, at its fingertips, has the powerful visual/thematic resonation and emotional intensity of any masterpiece in African American cinema that has come before it. Evoking the cultural implications in...
- 11/9/2018
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
There are two Starr Carters. There’s the Starr Carter who was born and raised in the neighborhood of Garden Heights. Predominantly black and consistently plagued by violence, it’s the same place her parents came from and one that her father is determined to stick with, no matter the cost. Then there’s the Starr Carter who attends the tony Williamson School with its mostly white student body, where she monitors every word she says and the way she says it so as to not be perceived as “ghetto.”
In George Tillman, Jr.’s “The Hate U Give,” adapted by Audrey Wells from Angie Thomas’ National Book Award winner of the same name, Starr’s duality is the driving force of a too-timely story, and star Amandla Stenberg easily embodies both sides of her character, continuing to prove why she is one of the most exciting young actresses working today.
In George Tillman, Jr.’s “The Hate U Give,” adapted by Audrey Wells from Angie Thomas’ National Book Award winner of the same name, Starr’s duality is the driving force of a too-timely story, and star Amandla Stenberg easily embodies both sides of her character, continuing to prove why she is one of the most exciting young actresses working today.
- 9/8/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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