
A single mother struggles to clear her name after being wrongly accused and arrested for dealing drugs in an impoverished town in Texas.... (Full plot summary below)
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A single mother struggles to clear her name after being wrongly accused and arrested for dealing drugs in an impoverished town in Texas.
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| NewsBlazeKam WilliamsA movie which earns high marks simply for being the first feature film with the guts to tackle the subject of racial profiling in such an honest fashion, especially given the similar allegations recently leveled at the neighboring town of Tenaha. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn Johanson[A]n angry, old-fashioned, and very, very welcome polemic... |
| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerDirector Tim Disney and screenwriter Bill Haney lay out Dee's story with a minimum of fuss. They are smart enough to realize that the material is compelling all on its own. |
| Houston ChronicleAmy BiancolliA conventional but wholly gripping docudrama. |
| Detroit NewsTom LongA well-played if too-familiar story of oppression and injustice. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaNicole. Beharie. Remember the name, for if her stunning lead turn is any indication, huge things are in the future. |
| Christianity TodayLisa Ann CockrelA movie to be discussed with those invested in being agents of justice. It raises serious questions about a system that does not protect those most vulnerable -- the poor. |
| Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWhat sticks in my craw -- just a bit -- is the way the film doesn't fully trust the true story's inherent power. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenA star is born in Nicole Beharie in the role of an African-American woman wrongly arrested on a drug charge. |
| Chicago ReaderJ. R. JonesThis flaw in the justice system might affect anyone, but American Violet shows how easily it can be racialized in a place where hardened social attitudes combine with drugs and poverty to create a permanent black underclass. |