AMERICAN SON (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Kerry Washington (Django Unchained), Steven Pasquale (The Last Run), Jeremy Jordan (Joyful Noise), Eugene Lee (The Crumbles)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Kenny Leon (Nowhere Road), director, producer; Christopher Demos-Brown (film debut), writer; Rebecca Gold (film debut), Jeffrey Richards (August: Osage County), Pilar Savone (Django Unchained) and Kerry Washington (film debut), producers; Lisbeth Scott (Dry), composer; Kramer Morgenthau (Creed II), cinematographer; Melissa Kent (American Pastoral), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Kendra Ellis-Connor (Washington), the mother of a missing teenager, struggles to put the pieces together as she waits in a Miami police station…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Star and first-time producer Kerry Washington features in this adaptation of the acclaimed play, with many of the original cast members reprising their roles for the film.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

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