At the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, writer-director Ava DuVernay (I Will Follow) became the first African-American woman to win the Best Director for her second feature film Middle of Nowhere.
Now the first trailer is here with the film planned to release on October 12th, 2012.
DuVernay's film chronicles a woman who loses her husband to incarceration and loses herself in the process, caught between two worlds and two men.
DeVernay said earlier this year:
This epidemic of incarceration really affects black and brown communities disproportionately.
Watch a sneak peek for the upcoming elegant, emotional drama which stars David Oyelowo (Jack Reacher, The Paperboy), Omari Hardwick (Sparkle, For Colored Girls) and the leading lady, relative newcomer Emayatzy Corinealdi.
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What happens when love takes you places you never thought you would go? When her husband, Derek, is sentenced to eight years in a California prison, Ruby drops out of medical school to maintain her marriage and focus on ensuring Derek's survival in his violent new environment. Driven by love, loyalty, and hope, Ruby learns to sustain the shame, separation, guilt, and grief that a prison wife must bear. Her new life challenges her to the very core of her identity, and her turbulent path propels her in new, often frightening directions of self-discovery.
