Dope 2015 Film #dopefilm #hiphop
Dope is a film that came out in 2015, with a high focus on telling the story of regular people in the hood, with characters that you can relate to and seem familiar, utilizing a dramatic and comic approach to the story. The film also has a high focus on hip hop music and culture, even utilizing a popularized slang of “Dope” which means it is very awesome and fantastic. The film also centers around crime and drugs, school, community, and race. My opinion is that it is a very well made movie and I thoroughly enjoyed the film. Dope is literally a dope movie…
The film centers on 3 main characters, which are Malcolm Adekanbi, Jib, & Diggy. They are all obsessed with golden era hip hop and are high school students and live in the “Bottoms” part of Inglewood, California. They’re considered geeks and are bullied by gang members at times. Malcolm has a dream to attend Harvard, however his counselor, dismisses his endeavors. His counselor, Mr. Bailey, refers him to AJ for college admissions.
At this point, the trio head home from school only to almost be jumped by dope dealers and as well as avoiding a Blood set. Malcolm befriends Dom, a dope dealer, and they start chatting. Through a turn of events, he also meets Nakia, through Dom. Dom takes a shine to Malcolm and their love of hip hop and he gets invited to Dom’s birthday party at a club. Malcolm goes there with his two best friends. This is where the story gets interesting and Malcolm and his two best friends end up involved in various drama involving drugs and parties…
I will leave the rest out, so as to not completely ruin the film for you…
Dope is a movie that is very good at telling a story, well planned out, and written well whereby the story and characters are likable and have a feeling of dejavu to even your own neighborhood and upbringing. The stories and people are colorful, with fantastic delivery of comedy and crime drama rolled into one. The music for the film is also dope, especially to people who like golden era hip hop more than modern mainstream music. I highly recommend the film.
The film was produced by Significant Productions, I am Other, & Revolt Films by the leads of Forest Whitaker and his partner Nina Yang.
It was written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa.
The music was done by Germaine Franco.
Cinematography by Rachel Morrison.
Edited by Lee Haugen.
It was released in January 24, 2015 to Sundance and then eventually picked up by Open Road Films and Sony for distribution.
It was released to the US on June 19, 2015.
Cast:
- Shameik Moore as Malcolm Adekanbi
- Tony Revolori as Jib
- Kiersey Clemons as Diggy
- Kimberly Elise as Lisa Hayes
- Chanel Iman as Lily
- Tyga as De’Andre
- Blake Anderson as Will
- Zoë Kravitz as Nakia
- A$AP Rocky as Dom
- Keith Stanfield as Bug
- Rick Fox as Councilman Blackmon
- Amin Joseph as The Voice
- Allen Maldonado as Alan the Bouncer
- Ashton Moio as Lance
- Roger Guenveur Smith as Austin Jacoby
- De’aundre Bonds as Stacey
- Quincy Brown as Jaleel
- Kap-G as Fidel
- Larnell Stovall as The Driver
- Julian Brand as Mario
- Lidia Porto as Marta
- Bruce Beatty as Mr. Bailey
- Vince Staples as Dom’s Crew 1
- Casey Veggies as Dom’s Crew 2
- Forest Whitaker as the Narrator
Soundtrack:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3850214/soundtrack
attends a photocall for “Dope” during the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 22, 2015 in Cannes, France.
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Chang$ter aka Ju$T Jun
