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MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

Director:

  Ava DuVernay
  

Year Released:

  2012

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

3.5 out of 5

3.5 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Emayatzy Corinealdi
  Omari Hardwick
  Sharon Lawrence
  David Oyelowo
  Lorraine Toussaint
Movie Haiku:Ruby (Corinealdi) battles her mother (Toussaint), her lawyer (Lawrence) & her mounting frustation while husband Derek (Hardwick) struggles to complete an 8-year prison sentence. Ruby’s life during this period of separation is riveting and entirely new, but when Oyelowo arrives for Act 3, he unwittingly undermines the complexity of the whole.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  Yes

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2012