Yelling to the sky [DVD videorecording].

Title :

Yelling to the sky

Format:

DVD

Summary:

Widescreen. 17-year-old Sweetness O'Hara, the daughter of mixed race parents, is struggling to find her place in the rough inner city neighborhood she reluctantly calls home. Her father is either absent or abusive, her racial background makes her an outsider in the community, and drugs and violence abound. When she finds herself in a downward spiral of dealing, shoplifting, and fighting, Sweetness learns she must take her life into her own hands in order to create the future of her dreams.

Language:

English

Language Note:

English dialogue.

Audience:

Not rated by the MPAA.

ISBN - ISSN:

0788614495

UPC/EAN:

030306901091

Physical Description:

1 DVD, NTSC (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Additional credits and publisher from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2010.

Includes interview with director, featurette, and trailer.

Subject:

Racially mixed children -- Drama.

Inner cities -- Drama.

Teenagers -- Conduct of life -- Drama.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

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A teenager struggles with a dysfunctional family environment as she tries to make a life for herself in this independent drama. Sweetness O'Hara (Zoe Kravitz) is the 17-year-old daughter of a troubled and ethnically diverse couple; her father (Jason Clarke), who is white, is caring but suffers from violent mood swings, while her African-American mother (Yolonda Ross) struggles with severe emotional issues and eventually abandons the household. While Sweetness is pretty and bright, she attends a school dominated by youth gangs, and she's often the target of a band of streetwise girls led by Latonya (Gabourey Sidibe), who resent her for her light skin. While her school counselor (Tim Blake Nelson) believes she can make something of herself, Sweetness is more interested in immediate survival than her long-term future, and she allies herself with Roland (Tariq Trotter), who lures her into the world of drug dealing. Yelling to the Sky is the first feature film from writer and director Victoria Mahoney. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi