No longer are nerds banned from Skip parties or dating cheerleaders. These socially awkward human beings are now the new “cool kids” and one film will prove it to be true. An audience favorite at the Sundance Film Festival, “Dope,” stars Malcolm (Shameik Moore), a high school student who transitions from geek to hip after a big adventure surrounding an underground party. Plot summary: A coming of age comedy/drama for the post hip hop generation. Malcolm is a geek, carefully surviving life in The Bottoms, a tough neighborhood in Inglewood, CA filled gangsters and drugs dealers, while juggling his senior year of college applications, interviews and the SAT. His dream is to attend Harvard. A chance invitation to a big underground party leads Malcolm and his friends into a, only in Los Angeles, gritty adventure filed with offbeat characters and bad choices. If Malcolm can persevere, he’ll go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself. The film stars A$AP Rocky, Zoe Kravitz, Kimberly Elise, Quincy Brown, and many others. It is directed by Rick Famuyiwa, produced by Forest Whitaker, executive produced by Pharrell Williams and co-executive produced by Sean Combs. “Dope” will hit theaters on June 19!
