American Violet (2009)

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PG-13 | 1 hr 43 mins | Drama | Released: 4/17/2009 |Box Office Total: $0.5M

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Based on the true story of Dee Roberts, a 24 year-old African American single mother of four living in a small Texas town when she is dragged away from work one day in handcuffs, and then dumped in the women’s county prison. The local district attorney leads an extensive drug bust, sweeping her housing project with military precision. Dee soon discovers that she has been charged as a drug dealer. Even though she has no prior drug record and no drugs were found on her in the raid, she is offered a hellish choice: plead guilty and go home as a convicted felon or remain in prison, jeopardizing her custody and risking a long prison sentence. She chooses to fight the unyielding criminal justice system, risking everything in a battle that forever changes her life and the Texas justice system.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
4/17/2009

Director	Credit
Tim Disney	Director
Cast	Credit
Nicole Beharie	Dee Roberts
Tim Blake Nelson	David Cohen
Will Patton	Sam Conroy
Michael O'Keefe	Calvin Beckett
Xzibit	Darrell Hughes
Malcolm Barrett	Byron Hill
Charles Stanley Dutton	Reverend Sanders
Alfre Woodard	Alma Roberts
Scott A Martin	- Cast
Tim Ware	Mark Shelby
Paul David Story	David Higgins
David Warshofsky	Robert Foster
Lucinda Jenney	Leona Conroy
Karimah Westbrook	Claudia Johnson
Paul Guilfoyle	Judge Belmont
Pamala Tyson	Gladys Williams
Production Credits	Credit
Debra Longo	Associate Producer
Bill Haney	Producer
Peter Newman	Executive Producer
Jennifer Eplett	Co-Executive Producer
Sean Reilly	Co-Executive Producer
Miriam Marcus	Associate Producer
Tom R Camp	Co-Executive Producer
Lyz O'Keefe	Associate Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Uncommon Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Samuel Goldwyn Films	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Image Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Writer	Credit
Bill Haney	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Leonard R Spears	Set Decorator
Monroe Kelly	Production Designer
Casting	Credit
Susan Shopmaker	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Steve Yedlin	Director of Photography
Music	Credit
Teddy Castellucci	Music
Jennifer Nash	Music Supervisor
Production Management	Credit
Mark Donadio	Line Producer
Paul Samuel Epstein	Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Steve C Aaron	Sound
Jay Nierenberg	Sound Designer
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Caroline Eselin-Schaefer	Costume Designer

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