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72 Hours: A Brooklyn Love Story?

2016 · 81 min

A gentle, talky coming-of-age story that lingers on small choices and quiet heartache in a changing neighborhood.

Directed by: Raafi Rivero
Genres: Drama
Starring: Melvin Mogoli, Andrea-Rachel Parker, Erinn Westbrook

Overview: A charismatic teen is thrown into a crisis of life and love when he must decide whether to leave his rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn community to pursue a prestigious academic scholarship.

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Directed by: Raafi Rivero
Genres: Drama
Starring: Melvin Mogoli, Andrea-Rachel Parker, Erinn Westbrook

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
identity
love
class
family
Places: big city
home
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Raafi Rivero
Starring: Melvin Mogoli, Andrea-Rachel Parker, Erinn Westbrook, Bilal Ndongo, Steven Braunstein
Runtime: 81 min
Languages: English

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