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1. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › american-violet-2009Just because you’re innocent is no reason not to be a felon

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   Apr 15, 2009 · “American Violet” stars Nicole Beharie, a recent Juilliard graduate in her second role, as Dee Roberts. It is a stunning performance: She is small, vulnerable, fearful for her children, but damned if she will plead guilty to a crime she did not commit.

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3. www.voanews.com › a › a-13/2009/04-21-voa24-68641137Single Mom Overturns Unjust Arrest in 'American Violet'

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   Nov 2, 2009 · November 02, 2009 6:33 AM. In Texas six years ago, a young, single mother, wrongfully arrested, stood up against the injustice, fought the system …and won. A new feature film is based on her story....

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   American Violet. After an overzealous district attorney's drug bust lands her in jail, single mother Dee Roberts must face an agonizing choice: Plead guilty and go home a convicted felon, or fight the charges and risk a lengthy prison sentence.

5. www.nytimes.com › 2009/04/17 › moviesFighting Injustice in Small-Town Texas - The New York Times

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   Near the beginning of “American Violet,” when Dee Roberts (Nicole Beharie), a feisty 24-year-old African-American woman, is arrested, handcuffed and roughly dragged by the police from the diner...

6. www.npr.org › 2009/04/16 › 103077493'American Violet': A Drug War's Collateral Damage - NPR

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   Apr 16, 2009 · A small-town Texas waitress, Dee Roberts (Nicole Beharie) lives in an all-black housing project. A never-married mother of four young daughters, Dee may not qualify as a model citizen.

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   "American Violet" tells the powerful and inspiring true story of a young African American woman named Dee Roberts who is unjustly arrested on drug charges in...

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   Who plays Dee Roberts in 'American Violet'?

   • "American Violet" stars Nicole Beharie, a recent Juilliard graduate in her second role, as Dee Roberts. It is a stunning performance: She is small, vulnerable, fearful for her children, but damned if she will plead guilty to a crime she did not commit.

   American Violet movie review & film summary (2009) | Roger Ebert

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   Who is Dee Roberts?

   • In Texas six years ago, a young, single mother, wrongfully arrested, stood up against the injustice, fought the system …and won. A new feature film is based on her story. Here's a look at American Violet. In the film her name is Dee Roberts.

   Single Mom Overturns Unjust Arrest in 'American Violet' - VOA

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   What happens to Dee Roberts after a drug bust lands her in jail?

   • Page 1 of 2, 6 total items. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. After an overzealous district attorney's drug bust lands her in jail, single mother Dee Roberts (Nicole Beharie) must face an agonizing choice: Plead guilty and go home a convicted felon, or fight the charges and risk a lengthy prison sentence.

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   Who is American Violet?

   • Here's a look at American Violet. In the film her name is Dee Roberts. At 23 years old, the single mother is on the bottom rung of the economic ladder: barely scraping by on her waitress's salary and government welfare payments, living with her four daughters in a crowded, subsidized housing project in rural East Texas.

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   After an overzealous district attorney's drug bust lands her in jail, single mother Dee Roberts (Nicole Beharie) must face an agonizing choice: Plead guilty and go home a convicted felon, or...

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