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Director: George Tillman Jr.
Cast: Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, KJ Apa
Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds as she tries to speak her truth.
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Fans of powerful social commentary and introspective character studies will appreciate the nuanced, visually striking exploration of racial injustice in The Hate U Give (2018), directed by George Tillman Jr. Amandla Stenberg delivers a captivating lead performance as a young woman caught between her impoverished neighborhood and the privileged world of her suburban school.
The Hate U Give is a 2018 American coming-of-age teen drama film produced and directed by George Tillman Jr. from a screenplay by Audrey Wells, based on the 2017 young adult novel of the same name by Angie Thomas. The film was produced by Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Robert Teitel and Tillman Jr., and stars Amandla Stenberg, Drew Starkey, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Lamar Johnson, KJ Apa, Sabrina Carpenter, Common, and Anthony Mackie, and follows the fallout after a high school student witnesses a police shooting.
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