Beats
2019
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1h 50min
• Drama, Music
Eighteen months after a horrific event changed the lives of August Monroe (newcomer Khalil Everage) and his mom, Carla (Uzo Aduba), Romelo Reese (Anthony Anderson) enters their world in BEATS. Romelo is trying to make it back to the fame and fortune he once experienced as prime mover for a major rap star. Now, separated from his wife and forced to work as a high school security guard, he encounters August, confined to his home by his mom and his own post-traumatic demons. Tasked with getting the teen back to school, Romelo unexpectedly hears the captivating "beats" August creates as he works in his bedroom, the place that has become his sanctuary. Romelo is impressed. Coaxing the boy into a partnership, undertaken without Carla's knowledge, Romelo begins to work on the music with August. As their alliance finds some success and possibilities emerge, including a budding relationship with the girl he's long loved from afar, August is forced to confront the past and take steps toward a future, while both Romelo and Carla must face disturbing truths about themselves.
