As her family falls apart, seventeen year old Sweetness O'Hara is left to fend for herself in a neighborhood where her survival is uncertain.


Biracial Sweetness O'Hara (Kravitz) learns fierceness beyond her years, facing down a loving dad who becomes a monster when he's drinking, and adopting the tough demeanor of a drug dealer at school just to survive. Both startlingly violent and unexpectedly tender, the story raises Sweetness and her family out of chaos and into hope.

Written & Directed by Victoria Mahoney.

2011, USA, 96 min. 35mm.

Starring
Zoe Kravitz, Jason Clarke, Antonique Smith, Yolonda Ross, Tariq Trotter with Tim Blake Nelson and Gabourey Sidibe.

Zoë Kravitz (X-MEN: FIRST CLASS), Jason Clarke (PUBLIC ENEMIES, "The Chicago Code"), and Oscar-nominated Gabourey Sidibe (PRECIOUS) form the core of a stellar cast in this debut feature by director Mahoney, named by Filmmaker Magazine as one of the "25 new faces of independent film."

DP: Reed Morano
Editor: Bill Henry

Independent Feature, Drama.
Shot in eighteen days. In New York. On 35mm Fuji. For under a million.


with
Zoe Kravitz (Sweetness O'Hara),
Jason Clarke,
Antonique Smith,
Yolonda Ross,
Gabourey Sidibe,
Shareeka Epps,
Sonequa Martin,
Tariq Trotter,
Tim Blake Nelson,
EJ Bonilla,
Gio Perez,
Gleendilys Inoa,
Dennis Kellum,
Marc John Jeffries,
Adam Tomei,
Billy Kay,
Peter Tambakis

Produced by Ged Dickersin, Diane Houslin, Billy Mulligan, Victoria Mahoney


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FESTIVALS
17th Annual Black Harvest 2011, Chicago
* Official Selection, Competition
Showtimes: Fri, Aug 12th at 6:30pm
Showtimes: Wed, Aug 17th at 8:15pm
www.siskelfilmcenter.org/blackharvest2011

Berlin International Film Festival 2011
* Official Selection, Competition

SXSW Film Festival 2011
* Official Selection, Spotlight

2011 Gen Art Film Festival
* Official Selection