VOD Spotlight: DOPE

DOPE tells the story of Malcolm (Shameik Moore), a high-school senior who lives in a tough Los Angeles neighborhood. He is hoping to go to college — Harvard, no less — though first he has to get through the academic interviews and ace the SATs. As a teenager, writer-director Rick Famuyiwa never imagined that his own experiences growing up in a sketchy Los Angeles-area neighborhood high school would someday be made into a feature film. But that’s exactly what happened with the development of DOPE, which was filmed on location in and around the area in which Famuyiwa grew up: … Continue reading →

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