Premature

The performances and the milieu, with its colorful colloquial speech and loving if blundering sisterly relationships, is what sells “Premature” and makes it an indie film well worth your time.

...a mournful ode to contemporary Black identity...

...makes a familiar story fresh, thanks to a star turn from co-writer and leading lady Zora Howard.

...should be recognized for offsetting the Hollywood myths that so often create false expectations.

...a sweet and poignant love story set in modern Harlem...