{"id":72999,"date":"2015-08-25T10:52:12","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T10:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2015\/08\/25\/dvd-contest-five-star\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T03:41:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T03:41:24","slug":"dvd-contest-five-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/dvd-contest-five-star\/","title":{"rendered":"DVD Contest: Five Star"},"content":{"rendered":"

DVD Contest: Five Star<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

August 25, 2015<\/p>\n

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Coming out to DVD on September 1st\u00a0k is the drama ‘Five Star,’<\/strong> written and directed by Keith Miller<\/strong> (Welcome to Pine Hill). The film marks the debut for stars James \u2018Primo\u2019 Grant<\/strong> and John Diaz.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After John\u2019s absent father is struck by a stray bullet, Primo takes it upon himself to verse the young boy in the code of the streets\u2014one founded on respect and upheld by fear. A member of the Bloods since the age of twelve\u2014both in the film and in reality\u2014the streets of Brooklyn are all Primo has ever known. While John questions whether or not to enter into this life, Primo must decide whether to leave it all behind as he vows to become a better husband and father.<\/p>\n

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Set during those New York summer weeks where the stifling heat seems to encase everything, Five Star plunges into gang culture with searing intensity. Director Keith Miller observes the lives of these two men with a quiet yet pointed distance, carefully eschewing worn clich\u00e9s through its unflinching focus. Distinctions between fiction and real life remain intentionally ambiguous, allowing the story of these two men to resonate beyond the streets, as they face the question of what it means to be a man.<\/p>\n