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Feb 21, 2020 · “Premature” is not without its rough moments—there’s talk of a police shooting and a brutally honest examination of unwanted pregnancy and abortion. But these elements exist in the bigger universe of life as orbiting planets rather than as the centered Sun they’d most likely be in other movies.
- Premature Plot Summary
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- Overall: Positive
17-year-old Ayanna is trying to enjoy her last summer before college hanging with her girls, going to parties, and not acquiring a man. Isiah, a man from down south who dropped out of college and now is just producing tracks for indie artist, he decides to change her mind. Leading to her becoming consumed by this boy and his life, to the point of t...
Ayanna & Isiah’s Relationship
Like many, I have this weird nostalgia for urban romances of the 90s and early 00s I just can’t let go of, and so they are the template to which everything is compared to. When it comes to Premature, as you see subtle nods to Poetic Justice, it crafts a sense of familiarity as it brings a modern love story. One which does have this older dude, who seems sort of stable, with this young girl who barely registers as an adult, but while like a bug bite that makes you uncomfortable, they push you...
Ayanna’s Poetry
Let me begin by saying, outside of the line quoted above, I don’t remember most of the poetry. More so, I remember how it made me feel and that feeling of warmth, nostalgia over a first love, it still swirls within me. Making me wish, like how a lot of movies come with soundtracks, this came with a poetry book as a form of merchandise. Especially since it seems Zora Howard wrote the poetry herself.
The Friendship Between Ayanna, Tenita, and Shonte
I should note I’m missing one name, but they didn’t give that character much of a personality or something to remember her by (I might be combining characters by accident). However, when it comes to Ayanna and Tenita, nicknamed T, you find yourself loving their sisterhood as much as you may love Ayanna’s relationship with Isiah. In fact, the way Ayanna’s relationship is built with Tenita, Shonte, and the other girl, you could see this film drop Isiah altogether and just be about these girls s...
Ayanna, Stop Embarrassing Yourself
There is no such thing as a romance movie in which one side doesn’t do something stupid. It’s how the majority are written. However, watching Ayanna fight for the relationship may make you feel a certain type of way. On the one hand, you get it – she is 17, this is her first love maybe, and she is caught up. Plus, at one time, the d*** was good. Yet, also you just want her to move on, think about school and let Isiah go. Leaving you a bit torn. Because if you are honest with yourself, you kno...
Increasingly I think we’re coming to a point where we might be able to let go the past Black renaissance and embrace this new crop of films and shows as its own era. One which is comparable to the one we often reference to and doesn’t need to be the new version of this, or similar to that for it stands on its own. In many ways, Premature joins the ...
On a summer night in Harlem during her last months at home before starting college, 17-year-old poet Ayanna begins a summer romance with Isaiah, a music producer who has just moved to the city.
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- Zora Howard
- Rashaad Ernesto Green
- Astute Films
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Parents need to know that Premature is a frank, intimate coming-of-age romance about a Harlem teen named Ayanna (Zora Howard) set during the summer before she leaves for college. It captures the the intense, all-consuming feelings of first love and the intricacies of developing a relationship in the modern world.
- Rashaad Ernesto Green
- Tara Mcnamara
- Zora Howard, Joshua Boone, Michelle Wilson
Jul 2, 2014 · Premature: Directed by Dan Beers. With John Karna, Caroline Traywick, Kate Kneeland, Steve Coulter. A high school senior has to re-live losing his virginity over and over again until he gets it right, with the right girl.
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- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Dan Beers
- 2014-07-02
Feb 26, 2020 · Review by Ann Hornaday. February 26, 2020 at 12:59 p.m. EST. Joshua Boone and Zora Howard in “Premature.” (IFC Films) ( 3.5 stars) “Premature” is a delicious slow-burn of a movie, the kind of...
Feb 20, 2020 · A romance threatens to derail a gifted teenager’s college plans in this sassy-sexy drama. Share full article. Joshua Boone and Zora Howard in “Premature.” IFC Films. By...
