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      • A chamber-drama setting for issues that have spilled out into practically every corner of American life, Kenny Leon and Christopher Demos-Brown’s American Son places a black mother in the waiting room of a police station as the audience watches for 90 minutes as she tries, through rising and falling levels of desperation, to find out what authorities have done with her son.
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  2. American Son is an American drama film directed by Kenny Leon and written by Christopher Demos-Brown, based on his Broadway play of the same name. The film stars Kerry Washington, Steven Pasquale, Jeremy Jordan and Eugene Lee.

  3. Jul 9, 2022 · Netflix’s ‘American Son’ revolves around a black woman named Kendra who frantically worries about her missing son and to report this, she arrives at a police station at 4 in the morning. When a cop finally reaches out to her, initially, her concern seems to be a bit exaggerated as her son is 18 years old and could be out doing “teenage ...

  4. Nov 1, 2019 · At this point, it becomes clear that “American Son” is a kind of chamber version ofCrash.” Soon Kendra’s estranged husband, Scott (Stephen Pasquale) shows up, and he’s both white and an FBI agent, for a double bingo.

  5. Nov 1, 2019 · American Son: Directed by Kenny Leon. With Kerry Washington, Steven Pasquale, Jeremy Jordan, Eugene Lee. An estranged couple reunite in a Florida police station to help find their missing teenage son.

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    • Drama
    • Kenny Leon
    • 2019-11-01
  6. Summaries. An estranged couple reunite in a Florida police station to help find their missing teenage son. Frantic with worry, Kendra Ellis-Connor ( Kerry Washington) paces the waiting area of a Miami police station.

  7. Kerry Washington capably anchors American Son with her nervy turn as a concerned mother, but the staginess of the production ill-serves its heavy-handed social commentary. An estranged couple...

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    • Drama
  8. Oct 31, 2019 · Take the new Netflix movie “American Son,” a study of racism in, ahem, America, which tries very hard to squeeze significance out of every scene. Unfortunately it forgets to tell a story amid ...