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After visiting his brother Milo (Mike Epps) in prison, Washington, D.C. radio station executive Dewey Hughes (Chiwetel Ejiofor) has a chance meeting with an arrogant inmate named Petey Greene (Don Cheadle). Hughes makes no bones about his distaste for the convict Greene even though Greene's made a name for himself around prison because he started and hosted a prison radio station playing 58 records his family sent to him. Greene tells Hughes that he'll look him up for a job when he's released from prison but Hughes scoffs.
Upon his release, Greene is true to his word and appears at WOL-AM for a job. He makes a poor impression as he appears tardy with his gum-popping, booty-swinging girlfriend Vernell Watson (Taraji P. Henson). But he's given a second chance because the station is encountering schedule problems and seeks to change their demographic from the beltway computer to the actual residents in the core of 1960s D.C.
This film is based on the real Petey Greene who became the voice of the people in D.C., became a social justice activist and quelled the violence in D.C. after Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination.
Cedric the Entertainer appears as the legendary d.j. Bob "Nighthawk" Terry and Martin Sheen plays the station owner E.G. Sonderling.
Directed by Kasi Lemmons.
Rated R for pervasive language and some sexual content.
My personal rating: B-
After visiting his brother Milo (Mike Epps) in prison, Washington, D.C. radio station executive Dewey Hughes (Chiwetel Ejiofor) has a chance meeting with an arrogant inmate named Petey Greene (Don Cheadle). Hughes makes no bones about his distaste for the convict Greene even though Greene's made a name for himself around prison because he started and hosted a prison radio station playing 58 records his family sent to him. Greene tells Hughes that he'll look him up for a job when he's released from prison but Hughes scoffs.
Upon his release, Greene is true to his word and appears at WOL-AM for a job. He makes a poor impression as he appears tardy with his gum-popping, booty-swinging girlfriend Vernell Watson (Taraji P. Henson). But he's given a second chance because the station is encountering schedule problems and seeks to change their demographic from the beltway computer to the actual residents in the core of 1960s D.C.
This film is based on the real Petey Greene who became the voice of the people in D.C., became a social justice activist and quelled the violence in D.C. after Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination.
Cedric the Entertainer appears as the legendary d.j. Bob "Nighthawk" Terry and Martin Sheen plays the station owner E.G. Sonderling.
Directed by Kasi Lemmons.
Rated R for pervasive language and some sexual content.
My personal rating: B-
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