Story Ave Poster

Story Ave (2023)

NR 09/29/2023 Drama 1h 34m
54%
User
Score
6.1/10
95%
66/100

Overview

After running away from home, a teenage graffiti artist holds up an unsuspecting MTA worker in a robbery gone right that changes their lives forever.

Aristotle Torres

Director

Bonsu Thompson

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Asante Blackk

Asante Blackk

Kadir Grayson

Luis Guzmán

Luis Guzmán

Luis Torres

Melvin Gregg

Melvin Gregg

Sean Skemes Hernandez

Alex R. Hibbert

Alex R. Hibbert

Maurice Moe Hernandeez

Coral Peña

Coral Peña

Gloria Sanchez

Cassandra Freeman

Cassandra Freeman

Olivia Grayson

Stella Doyle

Stella Doyle

Isabel

Xavier Jiménez

Xavier Jiménez

Punch

Sue Kim

Sue Kim

Ms. Chen

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Media

Film Independent Presents STORY AVE Q&A with Aristotle Torres & Lizzie Shapiro

Film Independent Presents STORY AVE Q&A with Aristotle Torres & Lizzie Shapiro

'Story Ave' with filmmakers | Academy Conversations

'Story Ave' with filmmakers | Academy Conversations

Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes

Clip: Cuban Sandwiches

Clip: Cuban Sandwiches

Official Trailer

Official Trailer

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Reviews

A review by Brent Marchant

Written on November 25, 2023

For many at-risk youth, there comes a turning point where they can head off in one direction or another, each with vastly different long-term outcomes. For South Bronx graffiti artist Kadir Grayson (Asante Blackk) – a gifted illustrator with real talent who’s desperately struggling to find himself and reconcile his grief for the loss of his younger brother – that comes when he falls in with the wrong crowd and fails at proving himself in an unsuccessful attempt at holding up a aging but streetwise transit worker, Luis Torres (Luis Guzmán). Instead of filing charges against the confused young man, Luis takes Kadir under his wing to help him straighten out his life before it’s too late. It’s an uplifting and heartwarming tale, albeit somewhat clichéd and predictable at times, esp...

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