American Violet (2008)

 

Release Date: April 17, 2009

Runtime:  1 hour, 43 minutes

Director: Tim Disney

Writer: Bill Haney

Starring: Nicole Beharie, Will Patton, Alfre Woodard 

U.S. Domestic: $554,434

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Set in the midst of the 2000 presidential election, American Violet tells the story of a young mother named Dee Roberts (Nicole Beharie), a 24-year-old African-American single mother of four living in the town of Melody (based on Hearne, Texas, where the real incident took place).