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| director = [[Angel Kristi Williams]]
| director = [[Angel Kristi Williams]]
| writer = Angel Kristi Williams <br> [[Felicia Pride]]
| writer = [[Felicia Pride]] <br> Angel Kristi Williams
| screenplay =
| screenplay = Felicia Pride
| story =
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| producer = [[Stephanie Allain]] <br> [[Kim Coleman]] <br> Latisha Fortune <br> Sanford Grimes <br> Poppy Hanks <br> [[Mel Jones]] <br> Charles D. King <br> [[Kim Roth]] <br> Aaliyah Williams <br> Angel Kristi Williams
| producer = [[Stephanie Allain]] <br> [[Kim Coleman]] <br> Latisha Fortune <br> Sanford Grimes <br> Poppy Hanks <br> [[Mel Jones]] <br> Charles D. King <br> [[Kim Roth]] <br> Aaliyah Williams <br> Angel Kristi Williams
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| editing = Steven Pristin <br> Brian Ufberg
| editing = Steven Pristin <br> Brian Ufberg
| music =
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| production_companies = MACRO
| production_companies = MACRO <br> Homegrown Productions
| distributor = [[Netflix]] (August 2021)
| distributor = [[Netflix]] (August 2021)
| released = {{Film date|df=yes/no|2020|October|15|[[American Film Institute Awards|AFI]] Film Festival|ref1=}}
| released = {{Film date|df=yes/no|2020|October|15|[[American Film Institute Awards|AFI]] Film Festival|ref1=}}
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* [[Kofi Siriboe]] as Isaiah, a struggling artist
* [[Kofi Siriboe]] as Isaiah, a struggling artist
* Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing as Stevie, an ambitious law student
* Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing as Stevie, an ambitious law student
* [[Blair Underwood]] as Jerome
* [[Blair Underwood]] as Jerome, Stevie's mother
* [[Uzo Aduba]]
* [[Uzo Aduba]] as Chenai Hungwe
* [[Tristan Wilds|Tristan Mack Wilds]]
* [[Tristan Wilds|Tristan Mack Wilds]] as Nick, Isaiah's friend since childhood
* [[Naturi Naughton]]
* [[Naturi Naughton]] as Sicily, Stevie's cousin
* [[Suzzanne Douglas]]
* [[Suzzanne Douglas]] as Anne, Stevie's mother
* [[Michael Ealy]] as Yusef Davis, Isaiah's colleague
* [[Michael Ealy]] as Yusef Davis, Isaiah's colleague
* Gina Jun
* Gina Jun
* [[Jade Eshete]]
* [[Jade Eshete]] as Mecca
* Marla Aaron Wapner
* Marla Aaron Wapner
<ref name="filmthreat">{{cite web|last1=Saveliev|first1=Alex|date=2020-10-17|title=Really Love|url=https://filmthreat.com/reviews/really-love/2/|url-status=live|access-date=21 August 2021|website=Film Threat}}</ref>
<ref name="filmthreat">{{cite web|last1=Saveliev|first1=Alex|date=2020-10-17|title=Really Love|url=https://filmthreat.com/reviews/really-love/2/|url-status=live|access-date=21 August 2021|website=Film Threat}}</ref>
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== Production ==
== Production ==
=== Development ===
=== Development ===
''Really Love'' is director [[Angel Kristi Williams]]' feature film debut and Felicia Pride's debut screenplay.<ref name="filmthreat" /> Williams stated that she was inspired by films including ''[[In the Mood for Love|In the Mood For Love]]'', ''[[Blue Valentine (film)|Blue Valentine]],'' and ''[[Love Jones (film)|Love Jones]]''.<ref name="latoct" /> The production designer was Nathan Parker.<ref name="latoct" /> It was produced and financed by Charles D. King's production company MACRO.<ref name="latoct" />
''Really Love'' is director [[Angel Kristi Williams]]' feature film debut and [[Felicia Pride]]'s debut screenplay.<ref name="filmthreat" /> The two met through a mutual friend, after which Pride showed Williams the ''Really Love'' screenplay and invited her to direct the project.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Penrice|first=Ronda Racha|date=2021-08-25|title=Kofi Siriboe, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing and Mack Wilds, Stars of 'Really Love,' Speak On Showing Our Journey To Forever|url=https://www.ebony.com/entertainment/kofi-siriboe-yootha-wong-loi-sing-and-mack-wilds-stars-of-netflixs-really-love-speak-on-showing-our-journey-to-forever/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-25|website=EBONY|language=en-US}}</ref>

Williams stated that she was inspired by films including ''[[In the Mood for Love|In the Mood For Love]]'', ''[[Blue Valentine (film)|Blue Valentine]],'' and ''[[Love Jones (film)|Love Jones]]''.<ref name="latoct" /> The production designer was Nathan Parker and the cinematographer was Shawn Peters.<ref name="latoct" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Weiss|first=Max|date=2021-08-25|title=Director Angel Kristi Williams Discusses Baltimore’s Influence on Her Film ‘Really Love’|url=https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/really-love-director-angel-kristi-williams-discusses-baltimores-influence-on-her-film/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-25|website=Baltimore Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref> It was produced and financed by Homegrown Pictures and Charles D. King's production company MACRO.<ref name="latoct" /> The artwork done by Isaiah in the film was created by artists Gerald Lovell, Chanel Compton, and Ronald Jackson.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />


=== Casting ===
=== Casting ===
On July 8, 2018 it was announced that [[Kofi Siriboe]] was cast in a lead role in the film.<ref name=deadlinejuly2018>{{Cite web|last=N'Duka|first=Amanda|date=2018-07-18|title=‘Queen Sugar’s Kofi Siriboe To Star In ‘Really Love’ Film From MACRO & Director Angel Kristi Williams|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/queen-sugar-kofi-siriboe-really-love-macro-angel-kristi-williams-1202428741/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-21|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Uzo Aduba]], [[Naturi Naughton]], [[Tristan Wilds]], Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing, and [[Jade Eshete]] were announced as cast members on July 26, 2018.<ref name=deadlinejuly2>{{Cite web|last=N'Duka|first=Amanda|date=2018-07-26|title=Uzo Aduba, Naturi Naughton, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing & More Round Out Cast For MACRO’s ‘Really Love’|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/uzo-aduba-naturi-naughton-yootha-wong-loi-sing-macro-really-love-movie-1202434493/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-21|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Michael Ealy]] was announced on July 31, 2018.<ref name=deadlinejuly3>{{Cite web|last=N'Duka|first=Amanda|date=2018-07-31|title=Michael Ealy Boards ‘Really Love’ Romance Film From MACRO|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/michael-ealy-really-love-cast-macro-1202437058/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-21|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref>
On July 8, 2018 it was announced that [[Kofi Siriboe]] was cast in a lead role in the film.<ref name=deadlinejuly2018>{{Cite web|last=N'Duka|first=Amanda|date=2018-07-18|title=‘Queen Sugar’s Kofi Siriboe To Star In ‘Really Love’ Film From MACRO & Director Angel Kristi Williams|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/queen-sugar-kofi-siriboe-really-love-macro-angel-kristi-williams-1202428741/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-21|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Uzo Aduba]], [[Naturi Naughton]], [[Tristan Wilds]], Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing, and [[Jade Eshete]] were announced as cast members on July 26, 2018.<ref name=deadlinejuly2>{{Cite web|last=N'Duka|first=Amanda|date=2018-07-26|title=Uzo Aduba, Naturi Naughton, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing & More Round Out Cast For MACRO’s ‘Really Love’|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/uzo-aduba-naturi-naughton-yootha-wong-loi-sing-macro-really-love-movie-1202434493/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-21|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Michael Ealy]] was announced on July 31, 2018.<ref name=deadlinejuly3>{{Cite web|last=N'Duka|first=Amanda|date=2018-07-31|title=Michael Ealy Boards ‘Really Love’ Romance Film From MACRO|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/michael-ealy-really-love-cast-macro-1202437058/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-21|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref> The film is one of the last projects completed by Suzzanne Douglas prior to her death in 2021.<ref name=":0" />


=== Filming ===
=== Filming ===
The film was shot beginning in July 2018 on-location in [[Washington, D.C.]], as well as in [[Baltimore]].<ref name="deadlinejuly2018" />
The film was shot beginning in July 2018 on-location in [[Washington, D.C.]], as well as in [[Baltimore]], Williams' hometown.<ref name="deadlinejuly2018" /> Shooting locations included the [[Baltimore Museum of Art]], the [[Baltimore School for the Arts]], the [[Parkway Theatre (Baltimore)|Parkway Theatre]], Dovecote Cafe, and Williams' grandmother's home in [[Park Heights, Baltimore|Park Heights]].<ref name=":1" />


=== Release ===
=== Release ===
The film was originally set to premiere at [[South by Southwest]] in March 2020. However, after the festival was cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], it debuted at [[American Film Institute|AFI]]'s virtual film festival in October 2020.<ref name=latoct>{{Cite web|last=Olsen|first=Mark|date=2020-10-15|title=This year's AFI Fest is virtual and open to all. Here's what you need to know|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-10-15/afi-fest-virtual|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-21|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref>
The film was originally set to premiere at [[South by Southwest]] in March 2020. However, after the festival was cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], it debuted at [[American Film Institute|AFI]]'s virtual film festival in October 2020.<ref name=latoct>{{Cite web|last=Olsen|first=Mark|date=2020-10-15|title=This year's AFI Fest is virtual and open to all. Here's what you need to know|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-10-15/afi-fest-virtual|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-21|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref>


''Really Love'' will begin streaming on [[Netflix]] on August 25, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mangum|first=Trey|date=2021-07-27|title='Really Love': Kofi Siriboe And Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing Romance Film To Debut In August On Netflix|url=https://shadowandact.com/really-love-kofi-siriboe-and-yootha-wong-loi-sing-romance-film-to-debut-in-august-on-netflix|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-21|website=Shadow and Act|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Okla|date=2021-08-20|title=First Look: Kofi Siriboe And Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing Star In 'Really Love'|url=https://www.essence.com/entertainment/first-look-angel-kristi-williams-really-love-is-a-romantic-film-for-the-ages/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-21|website=Essence|language=en-US}}</ref>
''Really Love'' began streaming on [[Netflix]] on August 25, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mangum|first=Trey|date=2021-07-27|title='Really Love': Kofi Siriboe And Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing Romance Film To Debut In August On Netflix|url=https://shadowandact.com/really-love-kofi-siriboe-and-yootha-wong-loi-sing-romance-film-to-debut-in-august-on-netflix|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-21|website=Shadow and Act|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Okla|date=2021-08-20|title=First Look: Kofi Siriboe And Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing Star In 'Really Love'|url=https://www.essence.com/entertainment/first-look-angel-kristi-williams-really-love-is-a-romantic-film-for-the-ages/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-21|website=Essence|language=en-US}}</ref>


== Reception ==
== Reception ==
In a review for [[Film Threat|''Film Threat'']], Alex Saveliev compared the film to ''[[If Beale Street Could Talk (film)|If Beale Street Could Talk]]'' and praised it as a "gentle, poignant examination of two young people at the dawn of self-discovery".<ref name="filmthreat" /> In a similarly positive review, Robert Daniels wrote for ''The Playlist'', "“Really Love” is a timeless black romance. Kristi Williams is an assured new voice already nestling herself inside audiences’ hearts."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Daniels|first=Robert|date=2020-10-17|title='Really Love': Angel Kristi Williams' Debut Is A Timeless Black Romance [AFI Review]|url=https://theplaylist.net/really-love-afi-review-20201017/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-21|website=theplaylist.net}}</ref>
In a review for [[Film Threat|''Film Threat'']], Alex Saveliev compared the film to ''[[If Beale Street Could Talk (film)|If Beale Street Could Talk]]'' and praised it as a "gentle, poignant examination of two young people at the dawn of self-discovery".<ref name="filmthreat" /> In a similarly positive review, Robert Daniels wrote for ''The Playlist'', "“Really Love” is a timeless black romance. Kristi Williams is an assured new voice already nestling herself inside audiences’ hearts."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Daniels|first=Robert|date=2020-10-17|title='Really Love': Angel Kristi Williams' Debut Is A Timeless Black Romance [AFI Review]|url=https://theplaylist.net/really-love-afi-review-20201017/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-21|website=theplaylist.net}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
[[Ari Lennox]], [[Kamasi Washington]], [[Christian Scott|Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah]], and others appear on the ''Really Love'' soundtrack.<ref name=":0" />


== Awards and nominations ==
== Awards and nominations ==

Revision as of 23:27, 25 August 2021

Really Love
Directed byAngel Kristi Williams
Written byFelicia Pride
Angel Kristi Williams
Screenplay byFelicia Pride
Produced byStephanie Allain
Kim Coleman
Latisha Fortune
Sanford Grimes
Poppy Hanks
Mel Jones
Charles D. King
Kim Roth
Aaliyah Williams
Angel Kristi Williams
StarringKofi Siriboe
Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing
Blair Underwood
Uzo Aduba
Tristan Mack Wilds
CinematographyShawn Peters
Edited bySteven Pristin
Brian Ufberg
Production
companies
MACRO
Homegrown Productions
Distributed byNetflix (August 2021)
Release date
  • 15 October 2020 (2020-October-15) (AFI Film Festival)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryAmerican
LanguageEnglish

Really Love is a 2020 American romantic drama film directed by Angel Kristi Williams and co-written by Felicia Pride. The film is set in Washington, D.C. and centers the romance between a struggling artist (Kofi Siriboe) and an ambitious law student (Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing). Really Love debuted in October 2020 at AFI Film Festival.

Plot

"Set in a gentrifying Washington, D.C., a rising Black painter tries to break into a competitive art world, while balancing a whirlwind romance he never expected."[1]

Cast

[2]

Production

Development

Really Love is director Angel Kristi Williams' feature film debut and Felicia Pride's debut screenplay.[2] The two met through a mutual friend, after which Pride showed Williams the Really Love screenplay and invited her to direct the project.[3]

Williams stated that she was inspired by films including In the Mood For Love, Blue Valentine, and Love Jones.[4] The production designer was Nathan Parker and the cinematographer was Shawn Peters.[4][5] It was produced and financed by Homegrown Pictures and Charles D. King's production company MACRO.[4] The artwork done by Isaiah in the film was created by artists Gerald Lovell, Chanel Compton, and Ronald Jackson.[5][3]

Casting

On July 8, 2018 it was announced that Kofi Siriboe was cast in a lead role in the film.[6] Uzo Aduba, Naturi Naughton, Tristan Wilds, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing, and Jade Eshete were announced as cast members on July 26, 2018.[7] Michael Ealy was announced on July 31, 2018.[8] The film is one of the last projects completed by Suzzanne Douglas prior to her death in 2021.[3]

Filming

The film was shot beginning in July 2018 on-location in Washington, D.C., as well as in Baltimore, Williams' hometown.[6] Shooting locations included the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Baltimore School for the Arts, the Parkway Theatre, Dovecote Cafe, and Williams' grandmother's home in Park Heights.[5]

Release

The film was originally set to premiere at South by Southwest in March 2020. However, after the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it debuted at AFI's virtual film festival in October 2020.[4]

Really Love began streaming on Netflix on August 25, 2021.[9][10]

Reception

In a review for Film Threat, Alex Saveliev compared the film to If Beale Street Could Talk and praised it as a "gentle, poignant examination of two young people at the dawn of self-discovery".[2] In a similarly positive review, Robert Daniels wrote for The Playlist, "“Really Love” is a timeless black romance. Kristi Williams is an assured new voice already nestling herself inside audiences’ hearts."[11]

Soundtrack

Ari Lennox, Kamasi Washington, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, and others appear on the Really Love soundtrack.[3]

Awards and nominations

Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing and Kofi Siriboe received a Special Jury Recognition for Acting at South by Southwest.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Really Love". Metacritic. Retrieved 2021-08-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b c Saveliev, Alex (2020-10-17). "Really Love". Film Threat. Retrieved 21 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b c d Penrice, Ronda Racha (2021-08-25). "Kofi Siriboe, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing and Mack Wilds, Stars of 'Really Love,' Speak On Showing Our Journey To Forever". EBONY. Retrieved 2021-08-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b c d Olsen, Mark (2020-10-15). "This year's AFI Fest is virtual and open to all. Here's what you need to know". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-08-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b c Weiss, Max (2021-08-25). "Director Angel Kristi Williams Discusses Baltimore's Influence on Her Film 'Really Love'". Baltimore Magazine. Retrieved 2021-08-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ a b N'Duka, Amanda (2018-07-18). "'Queen Sugar's Kofi Siriboe To Star In 'Really Love' Film From MACRO & Director Angel Kristi Williams". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-08-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ N'Duka, Amanda (2018-07-26). "Uzo Aduba, Naturi Naughton, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing & More Round Out Cast For MACRO's 'Really Love'". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-08-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ N'Duka, Amanda (2018-07-31). "Michael Ealy Boards 'Really Love' Romance Film From MACRO". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-08-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Mangum, Trey (2021-07-27). "'Really Love': Kofi Siriboe And Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing Romance Film To Debut In August On Netflix". Shadow and Act. Retrieved 2021-08-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Jones, Okla (2021-08-20). "First Look: Kofi Siriboe And Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing Star In 'Really Love'". Essence. Retrieved 2021-08-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ Daniels, Robert (2020-10-17). "'Really Love': Angel Kristi Williams' Debut Is A Timeless Black Romance [AFI Review]". theplaylist.net. Retrieved 2021-08-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ Olsen, Mark (2020-03-24). "Canceled by coronavirus outbreak, SXSW Film Festival names award winners". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-08-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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