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“Summer of Violence“, Nicki Micheaux‘s well-received, award-winning directorial debut from Quiver Distribution, hits theaters in select cities throughout the US this coming Friday, September 27th. Tickets for showings in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, and Washington, DC, are now available for purchase at the following link on Fandango.

The digital release is set to follow later this year.

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Summer Of Violence stars Kasey Inez, Jahking Guillory, Pedro Correa, Madhulika Krishnan and Damon Gupton in the lead ensemble cast. Micheaux also produced Summer Of Violence with Efuru Flowers, Sean Riggs, Maureen Mottley, Brian Mitchell, and Stelio Savante. Executive Producers are Johnny Wimbrey, Brian Mitchell, Sonya Marchand, Crystal Wimbrey, Psalms Wimbrey, Hannah Wimbrey and Nicki Micheaux.

The poignant story of self discovery follows a young college grad and talented poet, Naomi (Kasey Inez), who turns...

Director Nicki Micheaux’s debut feature “Summer of Violence” follows Naomi, a recent college graduate navigating her transition to adulthood against the turbulent backdrop of 1990s Denver.

As gang violence tears at the social fabric of her new home, Naomi abandons the safe legal career path prescribed by her parents to pursue her true passions of poetry and community organizing.

In doing so, she embraces an existential journey of self-actualization that calls to mind the protagonists of classic coming-of-age films like Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket” – though with a distinctive feminine grace.

This review will examine how Naomi’s poetic spirit fuels her fight for meaning amidst turmoil, and society’s growing pains towards recognizing humanity in all its forms.

A Poetic Vision of Identity

With Summer of Violence, director Nicki Micheaux presents her refined poet’s eye in debuting behind the camera. Like a lyric to the struggles of self-discovery,...

“Summer of Violence” sets the stage for an enchanting initiation journey of a young girl named Noemi, who is filled with dreams and must also come to grips with the harsh realities of life. This film beautifully encapsulates Noemi’s voyage towards maturity which is stripped of her dreams and her struggle to harmoniously merge her fantasies with the rugged reality she faces.

In essence, “Summer of Violence” brilliantly portrays a journey into adulthood set in the backdrop of a memorable summer in the 90s, teeming with adventure.

The film, “Summer of Violence” is directed by the talented Nicki Micheaux, who marks her directorial debut. Despite being a novice director, her long-standing acting career reflects in her directorial style, skillfully allowing the characters to take center stage. Nicki Micheaux has crafted a character-driven film with a stirring screenplay, while keenly focusing on every aspect.

Summer of Violence

Taking the limelight...

Quiver Distribution has acquired North American rights for American filmmaker Nicki Micheaux’s coming-of-age love story about a young poet who uses her art to speak out in 1993 in Denver, during a period of violent crime in the city known as the Summer Of Violence. The film is set to be released in theaters in the US on August 23rd with VOD and Digital to follow in October..

Micheaux’s gritty directorial debut from her own script was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Austin Film Festival (2023), and was also warmly received at Heartland, Denver, Tallgrass International and Downtown LA Film festivals (all in 2023), the two latter festivals recognizing the film with ‘Best Picture’, ‘Audience Award’ and ‘Outstanding First Feature’ awards respectively. The film will next appear at the popular Black Girls Rock!Film Festival June 21-23 in Atlanta, Ga.

The lead cast includes Kasey Inez, Jahking Guillory,...

Exclusive: Quiver Distribution has acquired North American rights for filmmaker and actress Nicki Micheaux’s coming-of-age love story, Summer of Violence. The film stars Kasey Inez, Jahking Guillory, Madhulika Krishnan, Pedro Correa, and Damon Gupton, and will next appear at the Black Girls Rock! Film Festival June 21-23 in Atlanta, Ga.

The film follows a young poet who uses her art to speak out in 1993 Denver, during a period of violent crime in the city known as the summer of violence.

Micheaux says, “I’m thrilled to have found the film a home with Quiver. To have distributors who are passionate about the film and believe in its appeal to a wide audience is exciting. We can’t wait to get this film into the world and in front of audiences.”

“Nicki has created a poignant character study in her feature length directorial debut,” said Quiver Distribution Co-Presidents Berry Meyerowitz and Jeff Sackman.

CinemaBlind’s Review – 80%

Summer of Violence is a deeply personal and moving film that will surely break your heart by the end. Written and directed by Nicki Micheaux, the drama film’s title is inspired by real events that happened in Denver in the 1990s and that’s when the film is set where we meet our protagonist Naomi, who moves to Denver after graduating because her career choice was not of her father’s liking.

We meet Naomi on the day of her graduation from law school and she is all set to join a law firm, but her passion lies in poetry, and when she tells her father that he refuses to give her emotional and financial support. This forces Naomi to move to Denver with her friend Pam, soon after getting there she witnesses the fear and violence that is ever present in her neighborhood. To fight...

Nicki Micheaux‘s directorial debut Summer of Silence, which was also written and produced by Micheaux has been selected to screen at the 31st Pan African Film Festival 2024. The film will be screening twice in 2024 at Cinemark Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Complex and Xd on February 12 at 5 Pm and then on the next day on Feb. 13 at 9 Pm.

Micheaux’s Summer of Violence recently won Best Picture and Audience Award at the Dtla Film Festival, earned the Outstanding First Feature Award at the Tallgrass Film Festival, and was nominated for the Narrative Jury Award at the Austin Film Festival.

Summer of Violence is a coming-of-age story love story and it is set during the turbulent summer of 1993 in Denver, Colorado. The film revolves around a young college grad who refuses to go to law school in order to pursue poetry. Cut off from her father’s money she must survive the...

Exclusive: Kasey Inez (The Sex Lives of College Girls), Jahking Guillory (Black Lightning), Pedro Correa (The Middle) and Damon Gupton (Babylon) will topline Summer of Violence — the first feature written and directed by actress Nicki Micheaux (Lincoln Heights), which has wrapped production.

Summer of Violence is a coming-of-age pic, emerging from Micheaux’s time with the Sundance Writing Collab, which was shot in Colorado. The film from Three60 Films follows a young college grad, Naomi (Inez), who turns down law school to pursue poetry, despite her father’s objections. She subsequently struggles to survive in 1993 Denver, after being cut off by her father during a period of violent crime in the city known as the Summer of Violence. Guillory plays Naomi’s artist friend, Frank, with Correa as her boyfriend Richie, and Gupton as her father, Thomas.

Micheaux is producing the pic with her production company partner, Johnny Wimbrey, as...

Exclusive: Warner Bros. Television has announced the ten performers selected for its second annual “Actors in Training” virtual casting initiative.

The program launched last year with the aim of connecting the studio with emerging actors whose final year in drama schools was curtailed or negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. With many graduates still affected by the pandemic and post-grad/year-end activities still not returning to normal pre-covid levels, Wbtv Casting conducted the program for a second year.

The 10 performers were chosen from more than 2,100 actors from 280 training programs worldwide. The search included not only traditional top-tier institutions but also direct outreach to schools and training programs in historically underserved and underrepresented communities.

A select group of applicants were then invited to submit auditions and meet with casting executives, and the top 10 were then offered the opportunity to meet with Wbtv development and programming executives, as well as Warner Bros. Television–based producers.