Trailer To FilmRise’s Coming-of-Age Drama ‘Dayveon’Posted by Wilson Morales
January 25, 2017
Source: Indiewire
FilmRise, via Indiewire, has released the trailer to Dayveon, the feature-film debut of writer-director Amman Abbasi. The film recently had its world premiere as the opening film at the Sundance Film Festival’s NEXT sidebar.
“Dayveon” follows 13-year-old Dayveon (Devin Blackmon) who is initiated into a local gang of Bloods in his rural Arkansas town after his older brother is shot and killed. It follows three days in his life as Dayveon is torn between a caretaker who also happens to be his loving sister (Chasity Moore) and the sense of camaraderie offered by his local gang, Dayveon is forced to make harsh decisions that threaten to rob him of his innocence.
Also featured in the film are Dontrell Bright, Kordell “KD” Johnson, Chasity Moore, Lachion Buckingham, and Marquell Manning.
The picture is a collaboration between Rough House Pictures, James Schamus’ (“Indignation”) production company Symbolic Exchange and producer Lisa Muska.
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