Summertime (2020 film)
2020 film directed by Carlos López Estrada
Summertime is a 2020 American comedy-drama film directed by Carlos López Estrada from a screenplay by Dave Harris, and executive produced by Kelly Marie Tran. It was inspired by a spoken-word showcase with 25 diverse high school performers.
The film premiered in the NEXT section of the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2020.
It received a limited theatrical release on July 9, 2021, prior to VOD on September 2, 2021, by Good Deed Entertainment. It received mostly positive reviews from critics.
Premise
Over the course of a hot summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelinos intersect. A skating guitarist, a tagger, two wannabe rappers, an exasperated fast-food worker, a limo driver—they all weave in and out of each other's stories.
Release
Summertime premiered in the NEXT section of the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2020. In June 2020, Good Deed Entertainment acquired North American distribution rights to the film. It was released in select theaters on July 9, 2021, before expanding a week later, on July 16.
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