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Detention

  • Director: Darryl Le Mont Wharton
  • AMG Rating: starstar
  • Genre: Drama
  • Movie Type: Coming-of-Age
  • Themes: High School Life, Teachers and Students
  • Main Cast: Charisse Brown, Justin Black, John Hall, Darryl Le Mont Wharton, Acirfa
  • Release Year: 1998
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 83 minutes

Plot

Baltimore native Darryl LeMont Wharton scripted and made his directorial debut with this drama focusing on the problems confronting a group of black high school students held in detention one afternoon. Mrs. Deakins (Charisse Brown) is the instructor who gets the group to discuss their situations -- ranging from drugs and abusive parents, to pregnancy and homosexuality. Writer-director Wharton appears in the role of Langston. Shown at the 1998 Dances With Films Festival of the Unknowns (Santa Monica) and the 1998 Urbanworld Film Festival (New York). ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Cast

  • Charisse Brown - Mrs. Deakins
  • Justin Black - Black
  • John Hall - Tenspeed
  • Darryl Le Mont Wharton - Langston
  • Acirfa - Kiatenai
Poochie - Kersha Harvia

Credit

Maxie D. Collier - Co-producer, Dale G. Madison - Costume Designer, Darryl Le Mont Wharton - Director, Camara Kambon - Composer (Music Score), Nerenda Eid - Production Designer, Boots Shelton - Cinematographer, Darryl Le Mont Wharton - Producer, Dana Lynne Comegys - Producer, Jason Gray - Sound/Sound Designer, Darryl Le Mont Wharton - Screenwriter

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