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Plot. Set in the midst of the 2000 presidential election, American Violet tells the story of a young mother named Dee Roberts (Nicole Beharie), a 24-year-old African-American single mother of four living in the town of Melody (based on Hearne, Texas). One day, while Dee is working a shift at the local diner, the powerful local district attorney ...
American Violet: Directed by Tim Disney. With Nicole Beharie, Tim Blake Nelson, Will Patton, Michael O'Keefe. A single mother struggles to clear her name after being wrongly accused and arrested for dealing drugs in an impoverished Texas town.
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- Tim Disney
- 2009-04-17
103 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 2009. Roger Ebert. April 15, 2009. 4 min read. Nicole Beharie in "American Violet." You may recall the story from the news in 2000. The cops in a small Texas town arrested 40 black people on drug charges in a sweep of a public housing complex. They were working on a tip from a single informant, a former mental patient ...
Starring: Nicole Beharie Tim Blake Nelson Will Patton Michael O'Keefe Xzibit Malcolm Barrett Charles S. Dutton Alfre Woodard. Directed by: Tim Disney. In Texas, during the 2000 U.S. presidential election, a Black single mom fights to clear her name after being wrongfully arrested on drug charges.
- Tim Disney
- 103 min
- January 1, 2008
American Violet. NEW. 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 ...
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- Tim Disney
- PG-13
- Nicole Beharie
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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. Despite her mother's advice and risking everything, innocent Dee chooses to fight the criminal ...
A single mother struggles to clear her name after being wrongly accused and arrested for dealing drugs in an impoverished town in Texas.Director: Tim DisneyW...
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