L-r: Kiersey Clemons, Blake Anderson and Tony Revolori
Clemons, Anderson
& Revolori
When I got the invitation to screen the film Dope, I thought, not my demographics and I probably won’t enjoy it. I was wrong. I enjoyed it from beginning to end.
Top: director Rick Famuyima and Shameik Moore
Bottom: Forrest Whitaker and Nina Yang Bongiovi
I think it’s an original and smart film perfect for the summer.
Famuyima & Moore
It’s a film about three high school friends who live and breathe 90s hip hop culture and because of that, they are targets for some.
It has a good behind the scene talent in Forrest Whitaker (narrator) and Nina Yang Bongiovi as producers, writer/director Rick Famuyima, and musician Pharrell Williams is an executive producer too.
Whitaker & Yang Bongiovi
They are some firsts in this film in the young talents in front of the camera—as lead actors are Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Blake Anderson, Quicy Brown, and first time actors in model Chanel Iman, and rapper Kap G.
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Yes! It is Geeks meet Streets!
Photos: ©2015 Angela María Ortíz S.
