Her name is Starr Carter (an amazing Amandla Stenberg). She's sixteen when her oldest, dearest friend is shot to death in her presence by a jittery young policeman. Starr has grown up knowing the danger of such injustice, but nothing has prepared her for its impact.
The movie follows her ambivalence about going public with her information and her transformation from frightened teen to a brave, determined activist, who reminded the Movie Slut of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas students who survived the mass school shooting and are devoted to ending this outrage.
The movie, based on a bestselling YA novel by Angie Thomas, is all the richer for painting a realistic portrait of the community, people, and issues involved. It's real. So real it hurts. But it should be seen. This is no Hallmark movie of the week.
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