Uncommon Productions, the same company that brought us the 2007 Gabriel Award-winning documentary about dispossessed Haitians on Dominican sugar plantations, The Price of Sugar, has released a dramatic feature based on true events that took place in 2000-2001: American Violet. American Violet is the story of Dee Roberts (played by an amazing newcomer, Nichole Beharie), a 24-year old single mom living in city projects of fictitious Melody, TX. She has four girls by three different fathers, and … [Read more...]