Title |
Luv / a film by Sheldon Candis ; directed by Sheldon Candis ; written by Sheldon Candis & Justin Wilson ; produced by Jason Michael Berman. |
OCLC |
ocn828868833 |
ISBN/ISSN |
883476092348 |
Music number |
ID9234 Indomina |
Publisher |
[United States] : Indomina ; Universal City, Calif. : Distributed by Vivendi Entertainment, [2013] |
Description |
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
LC Subject heading/s |
African American boys -- Drama.
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Uncles -- Drama.
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Ex-convicts -- Drama.
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Other Genre heading/s |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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System details note |
DVD; region 1; widescreen presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround and stereo. |
Cast |
Common, Michael Rainey Jr., Charles S. Dutton, Meagan Good, Marc John Jeffries, Lonette McKee, Michael Kenneth Williams, Tracey Heggins, Clark Johnson, Russell Hornsby, Sammi Rotibi, Dennis Haysbert, Danny Glover. |
Creation/Production credits |
Music, Blaqstarr, Nuno Malo ; editor, Jeff Wishengrad ; director of photography, Gavin Kelly. |
Target audience |
MPAA rating: R; for violence, language, child endangerment and some drug content. |
Summary |
Eleven-year-old Woody dreams of a better life, as well as his absent mother. He looks to his uncle, Vincent, as the father he never had. A street hustler and former drug dealer, Vincent's fresh off an eight-year stint in prison and wants a new direction. When Vincent passes his nephew's Baltimore school one day, he offers to show the boy how a man handles his business. Woody jumps at the chance, but soon his uncle's past life comes back to the forefront. |
Language note |
Closed-captioned. |
General note |
DVD release of the 2012 motion picture. |
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Special features: making of; deleted scenes; Common and Michael's take on Luv; director and writer commentary; trailer. |
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