The Hate U Give premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2018, and was released in the United States on October 5, 2018, by 20th Century Fox. A month later, it was announced that Lawley had been replaced by Apa.
On February 5, 2018, it was announced that Kian Lawley's role was recast after a video of his use of racially offensive slurs resurfaced. Principal photography began on September 12, 2017, in Atlanta, Georgia.
The project was announced on March 23, 2016, and casting took place during August and September 2017. The film was produced by Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Robert Teitel and Tillman Jr., and stars Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, KJ Apa, Sabrina Carpenter, Common, and Anthony Mackie, and follows the fallout after a high school student witnesses a police shooting. from a screenplay by Audrey Wells, based on the 2017 young adult novel of the same name by Angie Thomas.
Read this groundbreaking novel before the movie releases.The Hate U Give is a 2018 American drama film co-produced and directed by George Tillman Jr. Everyone should read this book.” -Becky Albertalli, William C. “Fearlessly honest and heartbreakingly human. Rally with Starr.” -Adam Silvera, New York Times bestselling author of More Happy Than Not Don’t look away from this searing battle for justice.
“Tragically timely, hard-hitting, and an ultimate prayer for change. Absolutely riveting!” -Jason Reynolds, National Book Award finalist and coauthor of All American Boys “As we continue to fight the battle against police brutality and systemic racism in America, The Hate You Give serves as a much-needed literary ramrod. “Angie Thomas has written a stunning, brilliant, gut-wrenching novel that will be remembered as a classic of our time.” -John Green, New York Times bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars Follow Angie Thomas on Twitter From YA Authors: She holds a BFA in creative writing from Belhaven University and is an inaugural winner of the Walter Dean Myers Grant 2015, awarded by We Need Diverse Books. She is a former teen rapper whose greatest accomplishment was an article about her in Right-On! Magazine with a picture included. Need to start talking about it? View the discussion guide below:Īngie Thomas was born, raised, and still resides in Jackson, Mississippi, as indicated by her accent.
Download The Hate U Give Discussion Guide What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.īut what Starr does-or does not-say could upend her community. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family.
Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends.