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2014 0h 15m EN

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6.0

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★6.0TMDB · 2

Synopsis

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At the dinner table sits a white family: the father (a police officer), a mother and their two sons—a teenager and his younger brother. The teenager has an African-American friend, J.B., whom he wants to hang out with, but his father doesn’t want him leaving the house to meet up with J.B.—and especially not at night. “I want to keep you from bad situations,” the father explains to his son—an eerie foretelling, but more important, indicative of the violence that this white man associates with all black boys, even J.B., a black boy he knows personally and considers to be “a good kid.”

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Joseph Millson
Sarah-Jane Potts
Jance Enslin
Shyhiem Parker
Michael Leone
Bryce Mitchell
Q'Shaun Haywood
Daniel Acevedo
K Boy

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nate Parker
Writers: Nate Parker, James Lopez

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RUNTIME

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Tight 15-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 7

ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Kay Madsen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Joseph Millson and Sarah-Jane Potts and Jance Enslin carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt4158462 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Nate Parker directs. Kay Madsen cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 15-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 12 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Kay Madsen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Joseph Millson and Sarah-Jane Potts and Jance Enslin carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt4158462 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.