American Violet

Nicole Beharie, Tim Blake Nelson, Will Patton, and Xzibit headline this fact-based drama about an innocent Texas mother caught up in a high-profile drug raid, and unjustly accused due to the uncorroborated testimony of a single informant. Dee Roberts (Beharie) is a young single mother of four living ...more

Set in the pre-September 11, post-Clinton era, American Violet narrows its lens on the frustratingly true story of Dee Roberts, a struggling single mother of four residing in Texas who is wrongly accused of trumped up drug charges. For women like Dee, the Bush administration did little to alleviate the difficulties that her social standing burdened her with, and American Violet is a film about the difficult choices a poor black woman must make in trying circumstances. The diminutive Nicole ...more