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Based on real events and set in a small Texas town in the midst of the 2000 Bush/Gore Presidential election, American Violet tells the astonishing story of Dee Roberts (Beharie), a 24 year old single mother of four who is wrongfully swept up and arrested in a drug raid along with 28 others. Despite the urgings of her mother (Woodard), and with her freedom and the custody of her children at stake, she chooses to fight the powerful district attorney (O’Keefe) and the unyielding criminal justice system he represents. Joined in an unlikely alliance with an ACLU attorney (Nelson) and former local narcotics officer (Patton), Dee risks everything in a battle that forever changes her life, and ultimately the Texas justice system.

American Violet

Production Status

Available for Immediate Delivery

Genre:

Drama / Based on real events


The Trailer:

Starring

  • Nicole Beharie (42, Shame, The Express)
  • Academy Award nominees Alfre Woodward (The Family That Preys, Desperate Housewives, Beauty Shop)
  • Michael O’Keefe (Frozen River, Michael Clayton)
  • multiple Emmy Award winner Charles S. Dutton (Without a Trace, The Practice)
  • Tim Blake Nelson (Lincoln, The Incredible Hulk, Syriana)
  • Will Patton (Armageddon, Numb3rs, A Mighty Heart)

Director

Tim Disney (Tempesta, A Question of Faith)

Producers

Bill Haney

Press

  • ‘American Violet’ Review: Valor Blooms in this Violet
  • Reel Talk Online Review: ‘American Violet’
  • CMG adds civil rights drama American Violet to Cannes slate
  • Finally a good movie to see and a true story I can believe in
  • CMG adds civil rights drama American Violet to Cannes slate

US Distribution

Samuel Goldwyn Films

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