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A Love Story from the Streets

2023 · 105 min

A gritty, emotionally charged drama that blends romance with street-level danger, keeping you tense and invested.

Directed by
Wil Lewis
Genres
Drama
Starring
Grace Sol, Daniel Jeffries, Chevonne Wilson
Overview
Trying to make ends meets with a drug addicted mother, Kenya (Grace Sol) dives into the world of under ground strip parties. Reno ( Daniel Jeffries) the neighborhood drug dealer comes up with a plan to get him and Kenya out of the street life but Rick (Xavier Martin) doesn't want their cocaine partnership to end after he copped two kilo's from Brick (Jermaine "Maino" Coleman) the New York Kingpin. Watch as this LOVE STORY from the streets of Detroit unfolds in a hail of bullets and blood shed.

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Stream in the UK
  • Amazon Prime Video
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Directed by
Wil Lewis
Genres
Drama
Starring
Grace Sol, Daniel Jeffries, Chevonne Wilson
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • love
  • crime
  • addiction
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Wil Lewis
Written by
Wil Lewis
Starring
Grace Sol, Daniel Jeffries, Chevonne Wilson, Dominique C. Adams, Dray Buford, Leah Envy, Xavier Martin, Christina Davis
Runtime
105 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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