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Blue Hill Avenue (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Blue Hill Avenue' is a 2001 American crime drama film directed and written by Craig Ross Jr., and starring Allen Payne. Ross also edited and executive produced the film.
Plot
Tristan (the leader), Simon (the right-hand man), E-Bone (the hot head) and Money (the mediator) are four smart friends growing up in the tough Roxbury section of Boston in the 1980s. Starting out as small-time dope dealers on Blue Hill Avenue in Roxbury, they eventually go to work for Benny, a major player in the Boston crime scene.
As the four friends grow up and become the biggest dealers in the city, things become increasingly heated: Tristan's wife wants him to leave the business because she's pregnant, Tristan finds out his sister is hooked on drugs and is alienated from his family, Simon becomes obsessed with a near-death experience and expects to die, cops dog their tracks trying every trick in and out of the book to catch them. Benny, their main supplier, wants them out of the business for good.
Worse, it becomes clear one of the four is trying to sell the others out to the cops. In the end, Tristan faces Benny down alone. Will he be able to get out of the businessand the lifefor good?
Cast
*Allen Payne as Tristan
**W.B. Alexander as young Tristan
*Angelle Brooks as Martine
**Diane Fauteux as young Martine
*Michael "Bear" Taliferro as Simon
**Dana Blair as young Simon
*William L. Johnson as "E-Bone"
**Brandon Hammond as young E-Bone
*Aaron D. Spears as "Money"
**Percy Daggs III as young Money
*Andrew Divoff as Detective Tyler
*Richard Lawson as Uncle Rob
*Marlon Young as "Twinkie"
*Clarence Williams III as Benny
*William Forsythe as Detective Torrance
*William Butler as "Big Time"
*Chris Thornton as Lathan
*William Springfield as "Soul Train"
*Pooch Hall (credited as Marion Hall) as Billy "Schlep Rock" Brown
*Kenny Robinson as Sam
*Emily Bruhier as Martine's girlfriend
Awards & nominations
'2001 Acapulco Black Film Festival'
*Best U.S. Film Blue Hill Avenue, Craig Ross Jr. (winner)
'2002 Black Reel Awards'
*Best Independent Actor (Theatrical) Allen Payne (winner)
*Best Independent Film (Theatrical) (nominated)
'2001 Urbanworld Film Festival'
*Best Director Craig Ross Jr. (winner)
*Best Human On Earth Dylon Ta-Fari Bennett (Theatrical) (winner)
See also
* List of hood films
References
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