A SCENE FROM THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL BREAKOUT HIT, 'DOPE'
In keeping with the usual vibe of this blog, here is an early 'heads up' of a film, yet to be released commercially anywhere, but has already earned itself a pretty positive reputation, and all of this due to it being screened earlier this year at Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival, held annually in Utah. Over its many years of existence, Sundance has been the first port of call for numerous films that have gone on to worldwide popularity and acclaim. It was here, back in 1991, that a then unknown Quentin Tarantino unleashed his debut, 'Reservoir Dogs', and in recent times, both Best Documentary Oscar winners, 'Searching For Sugar Man' and 'Twenty Feet From Stardom' had their very first public screenings. Known for being a perfect showcase for independent film, Sundance gives us an early look on what could be the following year's cinematic gems.
Under this light comes a film called 'Dope', written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa, who previously made 'The Wood' and 'Brown Sugar'. His latest effort was generally seen as the breakout hit film everybody was talking about at this year's festival and tells the story Malcolm (played by Shameik Moore), a 90's obsessed geek, living in modern times Inglewood, California, who finds himself caught up in a drug dealer's ring. From the look of this very first trailer, released this week, it looks to be a hip hop influenced light comedy. The film is produced by Oscar winner Forest Whitaker (who plays the narrator in the story), Pharrell Williams and Sean ''Diddy' Combs. The cast includes Kimberly Elise ('Set It Off'), Zoe Kravitz ('X-Men: First Class) and rapper A$AP Rocky and is due for release in the US on 19 June.
It definitely looks mighty promising....
Under this light comes a film called 'Dope', written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa, who previously made 'The Wood' and 'Brown Sugar'. His latest effort was generally seen as the breakout hit film everybody was talking about at this year's festival and tells the story Malcolm (played by Shameik Moore), a 90's obsessed geek, living in modern times Inglewood, California, who finds himself caught up in a drug dealer's ring. From the look of this very first trailer, released this week, it looks to be a hip hop influenced light comedy. The film is produced by Oscar winner Forest Whitaker (who plays the narrator in the story), Pharrell Williams and Sean ''Diddy' Combs. The cast includes Kimberly Elise ('Set It Off'), Zoe Kravitz ('X-Men: First Class) and rapper A$AP Rocky and is due for release in the US on 19 June.
It definitely looks mighty promising....
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