American Violet (2008)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Tim Disney

Writer (WGA):

Bill Haney (written by)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A single African-American mother struggles to clear her name after being wrongly accused and arrested for dealing drugs in an impoverished town in Texas. |

Plot Keywords:

Texas | False Accusation | Single Mother

Cast

Nicole Beharie	...	Dee Roberts
Will Patton	...	Sam Conroy
Alfre Woodard	...	Alma Roberts
Michael O'Keefe	...	Calvin Beckett
Tim Blake Nelson	...	David Cohen
Scott A. Martin	...	Jerry Arnold
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Malcolm Barrett	...	Byron White
Jackson Beals	...	Officer Carter
Michael Beasley	...	Tony Flair
Samantha Beaulieu	...	Mrs. Lloyd
Tody Bernard	...	Judge Pryor
Allen Boudreaux	...	Lawyer
Jeanne Bourgeois	...	Reporter #1
Andrew Buchler	...	Deposition Videographer
Kesha Bullard	...	Angry Woman
J. Omar Castro	...	Cisco
John Will Clay	...	Henry Franklin
Portia Cue	...	Laquathia
Daurice Cummings	...	Pedestrian
Charles S. Dutton	...	Reverend Sanders
Roslyn D. Evans	...	Magnolia
Jon Eyez	...	Bar Owner
Rodney Hebert	...	Cisco's Diner Patron
Louis Herthum	...	Officer Smith
Elton LeBlanc	...	Restaurant patron
Jerry Leggio	...	Norman
Jessie Blake Lough	...	Reporter #3
Christopher McCann	...	Joe Fisher
Hunter McGregor	...	Reporter
Lance E. Nichols	...	Mr. Moss
Zardis Nichols	...	Gayzeen
Henry Pelitire	...	Texas State Trooper
Lyssa Prine	...	Deposition Stenographer
Ryan Reinike	...	Audio Dude
Tarra Riggs	...	Lavosha
Glenn Robin	...	Court Bailiff
Sue Rock	...	Elizabeth Beckett
C. Stuart Rome	...	Bailiff
Michael Scialabba	...	Thomas Willis
Janet Shea	...	Helen
Chaz Smith	...	Still photographer
Terry Lee Smith	...	SWAT
Lindsay Soileau	...	Julie Beckett
Antoine Spillers	...	Mr. Roberts
Defecio Stoglin	...	Brian Green
Paul David Story	...	David Higgins
Deneen Tyler	...	Suzzannha
Jearl Vinot	...	County Sheriff
Tim Ware	...	Mark Shelby
David Warshofsky	...	Robert Foster
Karimah Westbrook	...	Claudia Johnson
Michael Wozniak	...	Bailiff
Xzibit	...	Darrell Hughes
Richard Zeringue	...	Store Manager

Also Known As:

American Inquisition (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic material, violence, drug references and language.

Runtime:

USA:103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Uncommon Productions

Soundtrack:

Bring the Sunshine (After the Rain)

Worth watching to see the other truth...

After seeing this movie at an Atlanta, Georgia screening, it was like being sucker punched and having all the wind knocked out. And this is a docu-drama based on a real like event. I've seen all that mess and more, have a better understanding of how and why 92 year old Katheryn Johnston was murdered. Why I see the police all the time except when I call them for help (that's not why they are in my neighborhood). The truly false perception of how well the DA's, Judges and police are doing their jobs but what they do is no more than busy work, never accomplishing a thing. And jails are the only industry in America that is growing. When was the last time you went to the store to buy a prison? Stopped in a showroom to look at the latest model prison? I don't recall asking for new prisons or more prisons; they was the ideas of politicians and investors (so you know there's money involved somewhere). And the 2 Federal Judges that were convicted for taking bribed (paid $2.5 million) to lengthen sentence in juvenile cases. We need to talk about this or we'll all end up behind bars. And this is all allowed, by law, because of the wording in the 13th Amendment giving slavery and involuntary servitude a legal place in America.