

Two worlds. One voice. No going back.
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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Contemporary, classical in form, earnest and grave.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Amandla StenbergStarr Carter
- Regina HallLisa Carter
- Russell HornsbyMaverick Carter
- KJ ApaChris Bryant
- CommonUncle Carlos
- Anthony MackieKing
- Algee SmithKhalil Harris
- Lamar JohnsonSeven Carter
- Issa RaeApril Ofrah
- Sabrina CarpenterHailey Grant
Crew
- George Tillman Jr.Director
- Audrey WellsScreenplay
- Angie ThomasNovel
- Mihai Malaimare Jr.Director of Photography
- Dustin O'HalloranOriginal Music Composer
- Alex BlattEditor
- Craig HayesEditor
- Robert TeitelProducer
- George Tillman Jr.Producer
- Marty BowenProducer
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