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Entertainment
Film Review
No Justice, No Peace in
The Hate U Give
Morgan Rojas for cinemacy.com
This review originally ran on October 19,
2018. Starr Carter (Amandla Stenberg) is a
high school teen stuck between two worlds.
At her home in Garden Heights, a rough
and predominantly black neighborhood littered
with drugs and gangs, she is seen as
an outsider. At her private high school in
the wealthier and white part of town, she is
seen as a diversity statistic. Despite her personal
struggles, the support from her family
never falters. From a young age, her father
(Russell Hornsby) always told her about the
power and pride she and her brothers should
feel as a young black person in America,
despite the injustice their people face every
day. When Starr witnesses the shooting death
of her unarmed best friend by a white police
The Hate U Give, courtesy of 20th Century Studios.
officer, her world is turned upside down. As
the only witness to Khalil’s wrongful death,
Starr feels pressure from the community to
testify against the officer in court. and is
faced with a life-changing decision: stay
quiet and let life pass her by, or stand up
and speak her truth.
Amandla Stenberg gives a groundbreaking
and emotionally stirring performance as the
young protagonist, Starr. In nearly every
scene, tears stream down Stenberg’s face
and we can’t help but feel our hearts break
along with hers. Her range as an actor is on
full display as she brings life and powerful
charisma to every moment. Equally as affecting
is Russell Hornsby’s performance as her
protective father. His tough exterior protects
his gentle heart as he puts his family’s wellbeing
above his own, claiming that family is
the only people he lives and dies for.
The Hate U Give, an adaptation of the
YA novel written by Angie Thomas, is a hard
watch, especially as white woman who is
critically aware of being in the fortunate position
of not being faced with violence and a
cultural identity crisis on the daily. Just being
female in a male-oriented world can come with
its own set of restraints and hurdles. In this
case, director George Tillman Jr.’s exposé is
an eye-opening account of an all too familiar
scenario, but just because we may not like
what we see, doesn’t mean we should turn
away and pretend it’s not happening.
A timely conversation centering around the
Black Lives Matter movement and the injustice
of racial profiling within law enforcement and
beyond, The Hate U Give, available to rent
on VOD, is a heartbreaking and emotional
account of one young African American
woman’s struggle of living in America and
the burden she carries as a result. •
Morgan Rojas
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as professional advice or the formation of a
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