Based on true events in the midst of the 2000 election, AMERICAN VIOLET tells the astonishing story of Dee Roberts (critically hailed newcomer Nicole Beharie), a 24 year-old African American single...
Based on true events in the midst of the 2000 election, AMERICAN VIOLET tells the astonishing story of Dee Roberts (critically hailed newcomer Nicole Beharie), a 24 year-old African American single mother of four young girls living in a small Texas town who is barely making ends meet on a waitress salary and government subsidies.
On an early November morning while Dee works a shift at the local diner, the powerful local district attorney (Academy Award® nominee Michael OKeefe) leads an extensive drug bust, sweeping her Arlington Springs housing project with military precision. Police drag Dee from work in handcuffs, dumping her in the squalor of the womens county prison. Indicted based on the uncorroborated word of a single and dubious police informant facing his own drug charges, Dee soon discovers she has been charged as a drug dealer.
Even though Dee has no prior drug record and no drugs were found on her in the raid or any subsequent searches, she is offered a hellish choice: plead guilty and go home as a convicted felon or remain in prison and fight the charges thus, jeopardizing her custody and risking a long prison sentence.
Despite the urgings of her mother (Academy Award® nominee Alfre Woodard), and with her freedom and the custody of her children at stake, she chooses to fight the district attorney and the unyielding criminal justice system he represents. Joined in an unlikely alliance with an ACLU attorney (Tim Blake Nelson) and former local narcotics officer (Will Patton), Dee risks everything in a battle that forever changes her life and the Texas justice system. AMERICAN VIOLET also stars Emmy Award® winner Charles S. Dutton and Xzibit.
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AMERICAN GOVERNMENT does not give us freedom. That is a natural born right. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT let's us have our freedom, because they don't want the problems other countries have. Which they KNOW, we would have no problem giving them hell. For the record, the people make AMERICA,not the government.
3jayds- I'M AN ASS?? haha, you are funny!! you are bitching bout our country, but i bet you don't complain bout all the FREEDOMS you have, to go where you want, do what you want, and SAY WHAT YOU WANT, (like you are here!!) i DID watch the clip, and maybe it's the company you keep, or you are just as idiotic as you are here......God bless you, and keep you safe, you do NEED his guiding hand......good day to you!!
if you hate OUR country so much, then move to one that YOU think will treat you better. You DON'T KNOW how GREAT you really got it, til you live somewhere else. so quit complaining or pack your bags and GET OUT!!!
The story of like 50 million black people, so they made it a movie now. I get stopped like once a month for no reason just a quick search because cops have to make a quota and they want to catch somebody slippin. The government is evil, and the police are its demons. I hate this fucking country
So get involved and do something about it. Stop playing the victims role. I get pulled over alot also difference is I have a service truck. It takes me 2 hours too put everything back. Now with my complaints and others the local police are under investigation. We are the govt but we dont exercise our power. If you hate the USA by all means leave. You are right about corrupt and evil govt. get rid of all politicians and local officials and start over.
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I'M AN ASS?? haha, you are funny!! you are bitching bout our country, but i bet you don't complain bout all the FREEDOMS you have, to go where you want, do what you want, and SAY WHAT YOU WANT, (like you are here!!) i DID watch the clip, and maybe it's the company you keep, or you are just as idiotic as you are here......God bless you, and keep you safe, you do NEED his guiding hand......good day to you!!