Story Ave Movie

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Story Ave Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: South Bronx teen Kadir (Asante Blackk) is a gifted visual artist who loses his way following the death of his younger brother. Overcome with grief and struggling with the pressures of school and family, he escapes into the thrilling yet dangerous world of graffiti gangs, seeking an outlet for the creative force threatening to explode out of him. To prove himself and join his neighborhood's ruling gang, Kadir tries to rob no-nonsense MTA conductor Luis (Luis Guzman) on the Story Ave subway platform. He is caught off guard when Luis agrees to give Kadir the cash if he'll sit down to a meal with him. Following their conversation and the delicate, transformative friendship that grows out of it, Kadir sees for the first time how his artistic talent could lead to a better life.



directed by Aristotle Torres

starring Asante Blackk, Luis Guzman, Alex R. Hibbert, Cassandra Freeman, Coral Pena, Melvin Gregg

release date September 22, 2023 (in theaters)
Transcript
00:00 [MUSIC]
00:03 >> Yo, when you gonna start letting me rep and throw the letters out?
00:05 >> Trying to prove to the crew that you bought this life.
00:08 [MUSIC]
00:10 >> [FOREIGN] Give me your money.
00:13 >> I know stick up kids, man.
00:15 You're that one of them.
00:16 >> I'll shoot your ass, give me your money.
00:17 [MUSIC]
00:19 >> No.
00:19 [MUSIC]
00:22 >> [FOREIGN]
00:24 >> You got some bad skills there.
00:25 [MUSIC]
00:27 >> Kadeer's got serious raw talent.
00:30 >> Talent alone doesn't make you a college candidate.
00:33 >> Which gallery are you in?
00:34 >> No gallery, I flex in the streets.
00:37 [MUSIC]
00:41 >> We pull this off, you cool automatically.
00:43 >> I didn't know you were in a graph gang ran by a guy named Schemes.
00:47 >> It's more like a family.
00:49 >> You need your own lesson kid, so don't disappoint me, all right?
00:51 >> Thank you.
00:52 >> You know I could be bigger than all this.
00:54 >> That shit pisses you off.
00:57 [MUSIC]
01:00 >> Now, before you go doing anything stupid with that money,
01:03 ask yourself, how much of your problems are your fault?
01:07 [MUSIC]
01:10 >> What kind of writer are you?
01:12 >> The streets tell you what you are.
01:13 I don't know how I'm ever gonna pay you.
01:16 >> Let's focus on you showing that school what you made of.
01:20 >> So they're saying they wanna see my perspective.
01:21 [MUSIC]
01:25 But I don't know if he was meant for life outside the Bronx.
01:28 [MUSIC]
01:32 >> No one's gonna save you, Kadir.
01:33 [MUSIC]
01:35 So I need you to choose.
01:37 >> Choose what?
01:37 >> Not to die.
01:38 [MUSIC]
01:43 >> What do you see?
01:44 [MUSIC]