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" American Violet clearly depicts an inherently flawed system. Rather than being a justice system, the legal system which Dee Roberts is put through is a tangled web of conflicts of interest and unethical behavior concentrating power in the hands of those perpetrating abuse upon those who have little recourse.

The West Virginia International Film Festival's 25th anniversary fall festival kicks off Friday night with a docudrama about a single African American mother who gets caught up in a Texas drug bust.

The ninth annual New Hampshire Film Festival "truly exceeded our expectations," said Executive Director Nicole Gregg during the closing ceremonies at The Music Hall on Sunday night.

After four days of independent film that drew nearly 9,000 attendees to several sold-out screenings and talk-of-the-town, standing-room-only after-parties, the New Hampshire Film Festival announced 2009 Granny Award winners during closing ceremonies Sun., Oct.

The ninth annual New Hampshire Film Festival "truly exceeded our expectations," said Executive Director Nicole Gregg during the closing ceremonies on a snowy Sunday night at The Music Hall.

"Adoration" - Four hundred people do not die on an airplane bound for Tel Aviv because security catches a bomb that was placed in a pregnant woman's bag by her Arab husband.

A high school student confronts his family's own dark past when given a terrorism-themed research assignment.

"American Violet," a fact-based drama about racism that opened the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, is bypassing theaters and going straight to DVD today.

'American Violet,' with Nicole Beharie, Alfre Woodard, Will Patton, Tim Blake Nelson, Michael O'Keefe. Directed by Tim Disney, from a screenplay by Bill Haney.

Hollywood newcomer Nicole Beharie stars as Dee Roberts alongside Alfre Woodard as Alma Roberts in American Violet .

Karimah Westbrook hopes that her success will inspire other young people to follow their dreams.

On November 2, 2000, drug enforcement agents executed a sweep of the black community in the tiny town of Hearne, Texas, arresting 27 African-American residents, including a grieving father who was taken into custody during the funeral of his young daughter.

The following titles were released Tuesday on DVD: With many state parks in danger of closure or curtailed operations, our national parks take on even greater importance.

In no way a Disney extravaganza, though Walt Disney happens to be the great uncle of American Violet director Tim Disney, this raw, heart wrenching investigative docudrama uncovers the sort of discomforting, concealed when not buried history that in an odd trend lately, is more likely to make its way into movies than the news headlines.

You probably haven't heard of American Violet . The film has been kicking around the festival circuit and a limited release this year, and now it's hoping to find a bigger audience on Blu-ray and DVD.

Spike Lee's latest effort is a highlight of the Time-Based Art Festival , and one of the best films of the year.

She thinks she's been picked up for some outstanding parking tickets, so it's with some surprise that Dee learns she's been accused of selling narcotics in a school zone.

"American Violet" tells a based-on-a-true-story tale of injustice that needs to be told, that of racial profiling in a small county in Texas.

ADORATION 3 stars. Adam Egoyan's puzzle-box of a psychological mystery centers on a troubled teen , his morose uncle and an overinvolved teacher who encourages him to speculate on the death of his parents.

The SummerFilm series continues until Saturday, Sept. 5 at The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth.