Driving While Black

2015

1h 34m

Comedy

Drama

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70%

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10 Reviews

99%

Audience Score

500+ Ratings

Dimitri is a delivery driver who would rather smoke weed and suffer for his art, but he needs a real job. When he's offered a gig as a Hollywood tour bus driver, he's excited for the chance.

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Verne Gay

Newsday

Essential viewing.

Rated: 4/4

Oct 13, 2020

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John DeFore

Hollywood Reporter

Those ready for a quick time out from fight-the-power indignation may well roll with the picture, which relies on the charms of Purdy, an off-screen musician known as Koreatown Oddity.

Feb 8, 2018

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Scott Tobias

Variety

That Sapiano and Purdy juxtapose the misadventures of a black delivery man with the nuanced conflict within a Seal Beach police department is ... unexpected, though it sets the film on a collision course it doesn't survive.

Jan 31, 2018

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

It's a comedy with a purpose and that purpose shines through in every minute of the film.

Rated: 3.5/4.0

Sep 6, 2020

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Chauncey K. Robinson

People's World

Driving While Black is an enjoyable movie that draws a fine line down the middle of the road between comedy and tragedy.

Oct 11, 2018

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Mark Dujsik

Mark Reviews Movies

The arguments of Driving While Black are not subtle, but they are multi-faceted.

Rated: 3/4

Feb 1, 2018

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Audience Member

It gave a well-rounded perspective of the issue of police brutality and race relations in an entertaining way that didn't try to indoctrinate you. I would definitely recommend more people to see this film!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

So I got to watch this movie screener and although it has some mildly funny parts, this film should have been pulled over and arrested it sucked so bad. Bad cops vs unlucky AA. Yawn.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

This movie was great. It's intelligent, creative and hilarious. Loved seeing Los Angeles through the eyes of a native.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Paul Sapiano

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Dominique Purdy

Dimitri

Sheila Tejada

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Synopsis

Dimitri is a delivery driver who would rather smoke weed and suffer for his art, but he needs a real job. When he's offered a gig as a Hollywood tour bus driver, he's excited for the chance.

Director: Paul Sapiano
Producer: Patrick DiCesare
Screenwriter: Paul Sapiano, Dominique Purdy
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 1, 2019
Runtime: 1h 34m

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