“I don’t need friends, I’m gangsta.” A24 has revealed the first fantastic trailer for one of my favorite films out of Sundance this year, Morris From America, directed by Chad Hartigan. Newcomer Markees Christmas stars as a 13-year-old African-American boy named Morris who lives with his father, played by Craig Robinson, in Heidelberg, Germany. It’s a sweet and funny coming-of-age story about his first love (more like infatuation with a young German girl played by Lina Keller) and figuring out how to be himself in a town where he doesn’t fit in. I wrote in my review from Sundance: “I found myself enjoying this film so much because it is so refreshingly original.” This is a stellar trailer – editing is spot on, the music is perfect. ›››
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