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Pipeline

2019 · 85 min

A tense, talk-heavy chamber drama that simmers with parental guilt and racial friction, asking you to sit with hard conversations.

Overview
Nya, an inner-city public high school teacher, is committed to her students but desperate to give her only son Omari opportunities they’ll never have. When a controversial incident at his upstate private school threatens to get him expelled, Nya must confront his rage and her own choices as a parent. But will she be able to reach him before a world beyond her control pulls him away?

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • race
    • class
    • education
    • parenthood
    Places
    • school
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language strong
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension6
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Habib Azar
    Written by
    Dominique Morrisseau
    Starring
    Karen Pittman, Namir Smallwood, Tasha Lawrence, Heather Velazquez, Jaime Lincoln Smith, Morocco Omari
    Runtime
    85 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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