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Name: The Photograph
Released: 2020-2-14
Cast: Issa Rae, LaKeith Stanfield, Lil Rel Howery, Rob Morgan, Courtney B. Vance

The Photograph

PG-13
1h 46m
2020

75%

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The discovery of a hidden family photograph sends Mae Morton (Issa Rae) on a quest for answers. The journey into her estranged mother's past exposes many secrets and ignites a powerful, unexpected romance with rising-star journalist Michael Block (Lakeith Stanfield). Award-winning writer-director Stella Meghie (The Weekend, Jean of the Joneses) tells a sweeping love story about forgiveness and finding the courage to seek the truth, no matter where it leads you.

Director:

Stella Meghie

Producer:

James Lopez, Will Packer

Writer:

Stella Meghie

Cast:

Issa Rae, LaKeith Stanfield, Lil Rel Howery, Rob Morgan, Courtney B. Vance

Behind the Scenes

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Shooting THE PHOTOGRAPH

5 MIN

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Culture in Film

3 MIN

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The Film Through Photographs

2 MIN

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

75%

Critics Consensus: Gorgeous visuals, an affecting love story, and simmering chemistry between Issa Rae and Lakeith Stanfield keep The Photograph solidly in focus.

Reviews

Vague Visages

Greg Carlson

The appealing leads spark with genuine onscreen chemistry, and Meghie capitalizes on a terrific supporting cast to vividly render past and present in complementary balance.

The Photograph is a gorgeous looking film about how life doesn’t always go as planned, love will endure even when relationships drift apart, and learning from a shared history doesn’t mean anything is set in stone.

There’s a throwback romantic quality in Meghie’s use of the gaze that calls back to Bogart and Bacall, Tracy and Hepburn, MacMurray and Stanwyck.

This movie, I think, is going to be appreciated by couples and... particularly black couples.

September 15, 2021

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