Taglines: Two worlds, one voice, no going back.
Starr Carter (Amandla Stenberg) is a 16-year-old black girl who lives in the fictional, mostly poor black neighborhood of Garden Heights, but attends an affluent, predominantly white private school, Williamson Prep. After a gun goes off at a party Starr is attending one weekend, Starr is driven home by her childhood best friend, Khalil. On the way home, they are stopped by a white police officer. The officer has Khalil, who is black, exit the car; while outside the car, Khalil reaches inside his car via the open driver-side window to check in on Starr, and picks up a brush.
The officer, thinking Khalil picked up a gun, fires three shots into Khalil, killing him. Khalil’s death becomes a major national news story. Starr’s identity as the witness is initially kept secret from just about everyone outside Starr’s family – leaving Starr’s two best friends, Hailey Grant and Maya Yang, and Starr’s white boyfriend, Chris, who all attend Williamson Prep together, all unaware of Starr’s connection to the news story. Having to keep this secret weighs on Starr, as does her need to keep her Williamson and Garden Heights personas separate.
The Hate U Give is a 2018 American crime drama film directed by George Tillman Jr. with a screenplay by Audrey Wells, based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Angie Thomas. The film stars Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, K. J. Apa, Common, and Anthony Mackie, and follows the fallout after a high school student witnesses a police shooting.
The Hate U Give premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2018, and was released in the United States on October 5, 2018. The film received critical acclaim, with many praising Stenberg’s performance, and grossed over $32 million against its $23 million budget.
The Hate U Give (2018)
Directed by: George Tillman Jr.
Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Anthony Mackie, Issa Rae, Algee Smith, Sabrina Carpenter, Dominique Fishback, Megan Lawless, Rhonda Johnson Dents
Screenplay by: Audrey Wells
Production Design by: William Arnold
Cinematography by: Mihai Malaimare Jr.
Film Editing by: Alex Blatt, Craig Hayes
Costume Design by: Frank L. Fleming
Set Decoration by: Frank Galline
Music by: Dustin O’Halloran
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic elements, some violent content, drug material and language.
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: October 5, 2018
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