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film written, produced, and directed by David Andalman and Mariko Munro, starring Tyler Ross, Shareeka Epps, Georgia Ford, Eshan Bay,

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and

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Plot

In the mid-1990s, Jolie Jolson, a white high school student (the great-grandson of

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performer

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) wants to be on the basketball team because he thinks that it will bring him closer to being the one thing that he isn't: black. His African American girlfriend, Henrietta, is pregnant with another man's baby and had a seedy past which includes appearing in a

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. Jolie gets on the basketball team due to a large donation from his well-off father, and ends up dating one of the cheerleaders for the team, and accidentally impregnates her.

Cast

* Tyler Ross as Jolie * Shareeka Epps as Henrietta * Georgia Ford as Christine *

as Mr. McCarty * Eshan Bay as Haroon *

as Coach * Nuri Hazzard as Arius * Anna Friedman as Jeanette

Release

The film premiered at the

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on January 20, 2013 and was sold to

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and the Kevin Smith Movie Club for theatrical and day and date release and it also won the producer's award at US in Progress.

Reception

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it has a rating of 0%, based on reviews from 7 critics, with an average rating of 3.9/10. On

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the film has a score of 30 out of 100 based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.

References

External links

* 2013 films 2010s English-language films 2013 black comedy films SModcast Pictures films Films about interracial romance American black comedy films Phase 4 Films films 2010s American films English-language black comedy films {{2010s-comedy-film-stub