2020
Unrated
IFC Films
1 h 30 m

2020
Unrated
IFC Films
1 h 30 m

Summary On a summer night in Harlem during her last months at home before starting college, seventeen-year-old poet Ayanna (Zora Howard) meets Isaiah (Joshua Boone), a charming music producer who has just moved to the city. It’s not long before these two artistic souls are drawn together in a passionate summer romance. But as the highs of young ...

Directed By: Rashaad Ernesto Green

Written By: Zora Howard, Rashaad Ernesto Green

2020
Unrated
IFC Films
1 h 30 m

2020
Unrated
IFC Films
1 h 30 m

Premature

Name: Premature
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Released: 2020-02-21
Duration: 1 min 30 s
Rating: 81
Cast: Zora Howard, Joshua Boone, Michelle Wilson, Alexis Marie Wint, Imani Lewis

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 13 Critic Reviews

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings

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Directed By: Rashaad Ernesto Green

Written By: Zora Howard, Rashaad Ernesto Green

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Los Angeles Times

Feb 20, 2020

Directed with bristling immediacy by Rashaad Ernesto Green (“Gun Hill Road”), Premature could be classified as a love story, a coming-of-age drama, a cautionary tale (the title offers a clue) and a portrait of young black women and men finding their way in contemporary New York. But it also strikes me as a movie about the uses and occasional uselessness of language, with stop-and-go verbal cadences that seem particularly attentive to what its characters say and don’t say.

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Paste Magazine

Feb 26, 2020

It’s a gorgeous, shattering film. It’s an unapologetically real film about a number of very real subjects, plot-agnostic but driven by character, consequence and compassion.

By Andrew Crump FULL REVIEW

The Playlist

Feb 20, 2020

In a movie landscape cluttered with coming of age stories, it’s worth asking what distinguishes a straightforward example such as Premature. Two things do – authenticity and Zora Howard. Howard is a breakout talent and she endows this story with grace and passion.

By Joe Blessing FULL REVIEW

Film Threat

Feb 20, 2020

Premature is teen love portrayed in an adult manner. Its grit and realism distinguish it from other teen love stories that force sappy, profound one-liners meant only for a good trailer moment.

By Alan Ng FULL REVIEW

IndieWire

Feb 20, 2020

The film’s most telling scene unfortunately marks a steep divide between the fine-tuned first half and a back end that threatens to crumble into cliche.

By Kate Erbland FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Feb 20, 2020

This is an imperfect but stirring drama, by turns sweet, sexy and quietly wrenching.

By Jon Frosch FULL REVIEW

Movie Nation

Jan 28, 2020

The performances and the milieu, with its colorful colloquial speech and loving if blundering sisterly relationships, is what sells “Premature” and makes it an indie film well worth your time.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Mi Alma Films, Astute Films, Slice Entertainment Group, 3DMC, Relic Pictures

Release Date Feb 21, 2020

Duration 1 h 30 m

Rating Unrated

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Website https://www.facebook.com/prematurefilm/

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Awards

Montclair Film Festival (MFF)

• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations

Film Independent Spirit Awards

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF)

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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Ayanna

Joshua Boone

Isaiah

Michelle Wilson

Sarita

Alexis Marie Wint

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Imani Lewis

Shonté

Tashiana Washington

Jamila

Carter Redwood

Nick

Cecil Blutcher

Yorell

Meeya Davis

Keisha

W. Tré Davis

Darius

Myha'la Herrold

Dymond

Ade Otukoya

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Jesse Klein

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Nile Bullock

Devonne

Jimmy Gary Jr.

Jamal

Cooki Winborn

Mrs. Skeet

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Lauren

Kim Ramirez

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Jarrett Austin Brown

Alex

Bobbi A Bordley

Lexi

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