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Samuel Goldwyn Company, The |
Release Date:
April 17, 2009
Summary:
Based on true events during the 2000 election, American Violet tells the astonishing story of Dee Roberts, a 24 year-old African American single mother of four young girls living in a small Texas town tow is barely able to make ends meet. While police drag Dee from work in handcuffs, dumping her in the squalor of the women’s county prison, the powerful local district attorney leads an extensive drug bust, sweeping her house projects with military precision. Dee has no prior drug record and no drugs were found a hellish choice: plead guilty and go home as a convicted felon or remain in a prison, jeopardizing her custody and risking a long prison sentence. She chooses to fight the district attorney and the unyielding criminal justice system, risking everything in a battle that forever changes her life and the Texas justice system. (The Samuel Goldwyn Films)
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Details
| Runtime: | 103 min |
| Rating: | Rated PG-13 for thematic material, violence, drug references and language. |
| Production: | Uncommon Productions |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Home Release Date: | Oct 13, 2009 |
| Director | Credit |
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| Tim Disney | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
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| Bill Haney | Written By |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
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| Alfre Woodard | Alma Roberts |
| Nicole Beharie | Dee Roberts |
| Will Patton | Sam Conroy |
| Cast | Credit |
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| Allen Boudreaux | Lawyer |
| Andrew Buchler | Deposition Videographer |
| Jackson Beals | Officer Carter |
| Jeanne Bourgeois | Reporter #1 |
| Kesha Bullard | Angry Woman |
| Malcolm Barrett | Byron Hill |
| Michael Beasley | Tony Flair |
| Michael O'Keefe | Calvin Beckett |
| Samantha Beaulieu | Mrs. Lloyd |
| Scott A. Martin | Jerry Arnold |
| Tim Blake Nelson | David Cohen |
| Tody Bernard | Judge Pryor |
| Producer | Credit |
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| Bill Haney | Producer |
| Debra Longo | Associate Producer |
| Lyz O'Keefe | Associate Producer |
| Mark Donadio | Line Producer |
| Miriam Marcus | Associate Producer |
| Peter Newman | Executive Producer |
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