Premature

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Friday March 13

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7:00 PM  –  9:00 PM

On a summer night in Harlem during her last months at home before starting college, young poet Ayanna (Zora Howard) meets Isaiah (Joshua Boone), a charming music producer who has just moved to the city. It’s not long before these two artistic souls are drawn together in a passionate summer romance. But as the highs of young love give way to jealousy, suspicion, and all-too-real consequences, Ayanna must confront the complexities of the adult world—whether she is ready or not. Emotionally raw, intimate, and honest, PREMATURE is at once timeless and bracingly contemporary in its portrait of a young woman navigating the difficult choices that can shape a life. NR (mature) / 90 min.

“We asked ourselves what we felt was missing in present-day black cinema.  We felt there was an overabundance of black films with narratives driven by themes of black victimization, black fear, and black pain.  Although we understood the impulse to explore these narratives, we decided instead to explore black life and black love.  In the current cinematic climate, we viewed simply telling a young black love story as a radical act.”
- - Director Rashaad Ernesto Green

"PREMATURE is a tender ballad—not just about love but age, opportunity, timing—that gets stuck in your head."
- - rogerebert.com

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