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Summertime( 2021)

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Overview

Over the course of a hot summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelinos intersect. A skating guitarist, a tagger, two wannabe rappers, an exasperated fast-food worker, a limo driver—they all weave in and out of each other's stories. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear. One of them just wants to find someplace that still serves good cheeseburgers.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Austin Antoine

      Rah

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      Marquesha Babers

      Marquesha

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      Bryce Banks

      Anewbyss

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      Bene't Benton

      Bene't

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      Amaya Blankenship

      Amaya

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      Caedmon Branch

      Sam

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      Mila Cuda

      Mila

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      Gabriela de Luna

      Alejandra (Paulina's mother)

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      Joel Dupont

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      Walter Finnie Jr.

      Walter

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      Alyssa Kim

      Diane

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      Gordon Ip

      Gordon

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      Maia Mayor

      Sophia

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      Anna Osuna

      Anna

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      Sun Park

      Hayun

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      Sophia Thomas

      Sam's Mom

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      Tyris Winter

      Tyris

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      Gihee Hong

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    A review by Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots

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    Written by Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots on Fri Mar 27 2020
    In 2018, the film world was introduced to exciting new director Carlos López Estrada and his best-of-the-year movie, “Blindspotting.” Expectations for filmmakers as talented as Estrada can feel insurmountable, but “Summertime,” his sophomore feature film, is a wildly successful storytelling experiment of performance art and spoken word poetry. On the surface it sounds like an arduous undertaking, but somehow it turns out to be the epitome of indie cinema: an ego-less artistic collaboration with zero phoniness. Over the course of a summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 teenagers intersec...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • poetry
    • los angeles, california
    • spoken word
    • ensemble cast