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The Perfect Find

Release Date:  6/23/23; Netflix
Genre:  Romance
Rating:  NR
Running Time:  99 mins.
Director:   Numa Perrier
Studio(s):  Confluential Films, AGC Studios, I’ll Have Another, Netflix

Cast:  Gabrielle Union (Jenna), Gina Torres (Darcy), Keith Powers (Eric), D.B. Woodside (Brian), Aisha Hinds (Billie), La La Anthony (Elodie), Tyler Antonius (Ronnie), Janet Hubert (Monica), Devale Ellis (Dialo).

Story:  After a messy public breakup and a high-profile firing, Jenna returns to New York to resurrect her fashion career. Knowing she will only get one chance to rebuild her reputation, Jenna swallows her pride and goes to work for cutthroat mogul Darcy. But her comeback attempt gets complicated when she falls for her charming, much younger coworker Eric – who just so happens to be Darcy’s son. After putting everything on the line for her career, Jenna must decide if she will risk it all on a secret romance, and find out if she can have a future with Eric despite their generational divide.  Source:  IMDB.  Photo Source:  blackfilmandtv.com.

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Selah And The Spades

Release Date:  4/17/20; Amazon (Original Release: 1/27/19; Sundance Film Festival
Genre:  Drama
Rating:  NR
Director:  Tayarisha Poe
Studio(s):   Cinereach, Secret Engine
Running Time:  89 mins.

Cast:  Lovie Simone, Celeste O’Connor, Jharrel Jerome, Gina Torres, Jesse Williams.

Story:   In the closed world of an elite Pennsylvania boarding school, the student body is run by five factions. Seventeen-year-old Selah Summers runs the most dominant group, the Spades, with unshakable poise, as they cater to the most classic of vices and supply students with coveted, illegal alcohol and pills. Tensions between the factions escalate, and when Selah’s best friend/right hand Maxxi becomes distracted by a new love, Selah takes on a protégée, enamored sophomore Paloma, to whom she imparts her wisdom on ruling the school. But with graduation looming and Paloma proving an impressively quick study, Selah’s fears turn sinister as she grapples with losing the control by which she defines herself.  Source:  Sundance.org.

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