The Hate U Give
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Overview
A young black student (Amandla Stenberg) from a poor neighborhood who attends a prep school in an affluent area finds her uneasy life balance further disrupted when she witnesses her childhood friend being shot by a police officer. Caught in the middle of the subsequent turmoil, she is forced to look inside herself and figure out just where she stands in her young life. Based on a book of the same name by Angie Thomas and directed by George Tillman Jr.
Main Cast & Crew
George Tillman, Jr. - Director
Amandla Stenberg
Regina Hall
Russel Hornsby
K.J. Apa
Lamar Johnson
Issa Rae
Algee Smith
Sabrina Carpenter
Common
Anthony Mackie
Details
- Format: DVD
- Run Time: 133
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 024543581062
- Genre: Drama
- Rating: PG-13 (MPAA) (mature thematic elements, some violent content, drug material and language)
- Release Date: January 2019
Related Categories:
Movies > Action/Adventure
Related Keywords:
Injustice
Murder
Documentary
Crime
Drug Dealers
Relationships
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Reviews:
"THE HATE U GIVE brings the world of protest and agitation a little closer to those whose privilege has made it relatively easy to ignore." - 09/07/2018 Hollywood Reporter
"[E]motionally effective ways....In the audience, there will likely be many more girls who will either be hearing a story like Starr’s, or recognizing their own experience onscreen, for the first time." - 10/05/2018 RogerEbert.com
"The film version of THE HATE U GIVE is a moving, emotionally convincing experience." - 10/04/2018 Los Angeles Times
4 stars out of 5 -- "Tillman Jr.’s film proves uncommonly astute at delineating the code-switching tightrope its young heroine must walk between the two worlds in which she operates." - 10/24/2018 Total Film