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Jun 10, 2015 · What Mr. Famuyiwa — who turns 42 this month and spent his teenage years in Inglewood, Calif., where “Dope” is set — wanted to capture was a sympathy to the circumstances that could lead ...
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Jul 1, 2015 · Rick Famuyiwa's new film is about a black high-school student who's into 90s hip hop and Japanese comic books. He calls Dope a celebration of kids whose interests don't fit into pop-culture norms.
Mar 8, 2023 · Interviews for The Mandalorian continue to trickle in after the premier of season 3 offering some unique insight into the behind-the-scenes process. Rick Famuyiwa sat down with The Hollywood Reporter and discussed how his involvement early on in the creation of The Mandalorian led to the more central role he has today as executive producer and director of six episodes, as well as offers his ...
Jun 19, 2015 · The answer comes in several parts: writer-director Rick Famuyiwa, the Internet, and luck. Dope could have been a trite exercise in parading black stereotypes for the delight of yuppie audiences ...
Oct 16, 2015 · Rick Famuyiwa's film, Dope, is about a black high-school student who's into 90s hip-hop and Japanese comic books. Originally broadcast July 1, 2015.
Jun 14, 2022 · Famuyiwa shared this takeaway — and several others — when he joined Michelle Satter, Founding Director of Sundance Institute’s Feature Film Program, for a Conversations From the Labs session in 2020. The timing of the discussion could not have been better. It was Junteenth, a federal holiday commemorating the ending of slavery in the ...
Dope is a 2015 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa and produced by Forest Whitaker and Nina Yang Bongiovi. It stars Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Kimberly Elise, Chanel Iman, Tyga, Blake Anderson, Zoë Kravitz, ASAP Rocky and Vince Staples. The film was also executive produced by ...
