Blu-ray
Waves
Call Number
- BLU-RAY DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Blu-ray version.
Languages
In English, with optional Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Lucas Hedges, Taylor Russell, Alexa Demie, Neal Huff, Clifton Collins, Jr., Renee Elise Goldsberry, Sterling K. Brown.
Publication Information
Santa Monica, California : Lions Gate Entertainment, [2020]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 135 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R; language throughout, drug and alcohol use, some sexual content and brief violence - all involving teens.
Summary
Tyler is a high school wrestler on the verge of a full college scholarship under tremendous pressure from his domineering father. When Tyler is pushed to the brink, his actions threaten to tear his close-knit family apart, deeply affecting his younger sister, who is navigating her own path of growing up and falling in love.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2019.
Special features: Audio commentary with writer-director Trey Edward Shults and actor Kelvin Harrison, Jr. ; Creating Waves: the truth in it all ; Q&A with director and cast ; deleted scenes.
Subjects
- African American families > Drama.
- African American teenagers > Drama.
- African American teenagers > Social conditions > Drama.
- High school students > Drama.
- High school athletes > Drama.
- Fathers and sons > Drama.
- Siblings > Drama.
- Families > Florida > Drama.
- Wrestlers > Drama.
- Teenage pregnancy > Drama.
- Social pressure > Drama.
- Chronic pain > Drama.
- Murder > Drama.
- Communication in families > Drama.