The “Dope” premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah was the place to be.
The film premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category at the Library. A bidding war between The Weinstein Company, Focus Features, A24 and Fox Searchlight, led it to be sold for $7 Million to Open Road Films domestically and Sony for international distribution. Written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa, the film stars Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Blake Anderson, Zoë Kravitz and A$AP Rocky. Forest Whitaker and Nina Yang Bongiovi are the film’s executive producers and Pharrell did the score. The film has received rave reviews across the boards.
The film’s synopsis is below courtesy of Sundance:
Malcolm is a high school geek with a high-top fade, carefully navigating life in The Bottoms, one of the toughest neighborhoods in Inglewood, California. He and his fellow outcasts share a voracious appreciation for all things ’90s hip-hop, opting to sport Cross-Colours and Z. Cavariccis at the risk of being clowned at school. He dreams of attending Harvard, but first he has to make it home every day. When a drug dealer takes a shine to Malcolm and invites him to his birthday party, Malcolm’s crew is swirled into a hilarious blender of offbeat characters and bad choices where redemption can only be found in Bitcoin.
“It kind of has this classic L.A. urban thing,” Zoe Kravitz told Billboard about “Dope.” She continued, “Friday is one of my my favorite films of all time, or Boyz N the Hood, and it has that kind of vibe to it. Nineties throwback!”
The premiere after-party was held at Acura Studio. A$AP Rocky treated guests to a surprise outdoor performance, too. Check out the photos below:
Photo Credit: Acura Studio
