Blue Hill Avenue

Blue Hill Avenue is a 2001 American crime film directed and written by Craig Ross Jr., and starring Allen Payne. Ross Jr. also edited and executive produced the film.

Blue Hill Avenue
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Directed byCraig Ross Jr.
Produced byMike Erwin
Bryan Hinds
J. Max Kirishima
Written byCraig Ross Jr.
StarringAllen Payne
Angelle Brooks
Michael Taliferro
William L. Johnson
Andrew Divoff
Clarence Williams III
William Forsythe
Narrated byAllen Payne
Music byJan Pomerans
Cruel Timothy
Lo'ren "Lo Diggs" Dagen Jr
CinematographyCarl Bartels
Edited byCraig Ross Jr.
Production
company
Asiatic Associates
Cahoots Productions
Den Pictures
Distributed byArtisan Entertainment
Release date
  • June 5, 2001 (2001-06-05) (Acapulco Black Film Festival)
  • July 13, 2003 (2003-07-13) (United States)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Four friends—Tristan (the leader), Simon (the right-hand man), E-Bone (the hot head) and Money (the mediator)—are street smart kids growing up in the tough Roxbury section of Boston in the 1980s. Starting out as small-time dope dealers on Blue Hill Avenue in Roxbury, they eventually go to work for Benny, a major player in the Boston crime scene.

As the four friends grow up and become the biggest dealers in the city, things become increasingly heated: Tristan's wife wants him to leave the business because she's pregnant, Tristan finds out his sister is hooked on drugs and is alienated from his family, Simon becomes obsessed with a near-death experience and expects to die, cops dog their tracks trying every trick in and out of the book to catch them, and Benny, their main supplier, wants them out of the business for good.

Worse, it becomes clear one of the four is trying to sell the others out to the cops. In the end, Tristan faces Benny down alone. Will he be able to get out of the business—and the life—for good?

Cast

Awards & nominations

2001 Acapulco Black Film Festival

  • Best U.S. Film – Blue Hill Avenue, Craig Ross Jr. (winner)

2002 Black Reel Awards

  • Best Independent Actor (Theatrical) – Allen Payne (winner)
  • Best Independent Film (Theatrical) – (nominated)

2001 Urbanworld Film Festival

  • Best Director – Craig Ross Jr. (winner)
  • Best Human On Earth – Dylon Ta-Fari Bennett (Theatrical) – (winner)

See also

References

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