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Talk to Me is a american film of genre Drama directed by Kasi Lemmons released in USA on 13 july 2007 with Chiwetel Ejiofor
Talk to Me (2007)
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Add to a movie listTalk To Me is a 2007 biographical film about Washington, D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist, and Dewey Hughes, his friend and manager. The movie spans the time period May 1966 to January 1984, ending with the late Greene's memorial service.
The film premiered as the opening night film of the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival, on June 22, 2007. It opened in North America in a limited release on July 13, 2007 and nationwide on August 3, 2007. The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and Washington, DC.
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Il s'agit de l'histoire d'un disc-jockey très populaire de Washington des années 60, Ralph « Petey » Greene, un Afro -Américain et ancien prisonnier qui devint une figure emblématique des droits communs dans les années 60 à travers ses programmes radios qui traitaient principalement du racisme, de la pauvreté, de la drogue et d'autres problèmes de la société américaine. Le film retrace la période allant de 1966, année de l'entrée professionnelle de Petey au WOL (une station locale de radio de Washington), à 1984, l'année de sa mort (Petey décéda d'un cancer du foie le 10 janvier 1984).Actors
Chiwetel Ejiofor
(Dewey Hughes)
Don Cheadle
(Petey Greene)
Taraji P. Henson
(Vernell Watson)
Peter MacNeill
(Warden Cecil Smithers)
Cedric the Entertainer
('Nighthawk' Bob Terry)
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