Basato sui fatti realmente avvenuti durante le elezioni del 2000, American Violet racconta la stupefacente storia di Dee Roberts; giovane madre di quattro ragazze di origine afro-americana che lavora come cameriera sbarcando il lunario in una piccola cittadina del Texas.

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FIGHTING INJUSTICE
IN SMALL-TOWN TEXAS

Stephen Holden
The New York Times

Near the beginning of “American Violet,” when Dee Roberts (Nicole Beharie), a feisty 24-year-old African-American woman, is arrested, handcuffed and roughly dragged by the police from the diner where she works, your heart sinks. We have already watched a police task force conduct a military-style drug raid on Arlington Springs, the housing project in Melody, Tex.

A FALSELY ACCUSED SINGLE MOTHER REFUSES TO TAKE A PLEA DEAL IN A FILM BASED ON A TRUE-LIFE
MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE

Betsy Sharkey
The Los Angeles Times

We tend to think of the U.S. justice system as the best in the world -- as Americans we can be blindly self-righteous like that, going through life assuming that the people who should are paying attention to the "innocent until proven guilty" clause on which it was built. Then along comes a film like "American Violet," a disquieting drama based on the true story of a young single mother arrested [...] Vai alla recensione »

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Anno	2008
Genere	Drammatico
Produzione	USA
Regia di	Tim Disney
Attori	Nicole Beharie, Will Patton, Alfre Woodard, Michael O'Keefe, Tim Blake Nelson Scott A. Martin, Malcolm Barrett, Jackson Beals, Michael Beasley, Samantha Beaulieu, Tody Bernard, Allen Boudreaux, Jeanne Bourgeois, Andrew Buchler, Kesha Bullard, J. Omar Castro, John Will Clay, Portia Cue, Daurice Cummings, Charles S. Dutton, Roslyn D. Evans, Jon Eyez.
Rating	Consigli per la visione di bambini e ragazzi: +13
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