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Teri Polo (Meet the Parents), James Udom (Judas and the Black Messiah), Davida Williams (Game, Set, Love), and Sa’Raya Paris Johnson (IF) are set to star in Caroline, a dramedy marking the feature directorial debut of Outer Range actress Morningstar Angeline.
The film follows 11-year-old Caroline (Johnson), a clever, sharp-eyed girl navigating a life of excitement and peril as a shoplifter with her mom Jocelyn (Williams). When Caroline’s estranged father Corey (Udom) — a charming, small-town con artist — gets out of prison and re-enters their lives, things briefly seem to settle. But when the family is threatened over a debt they can’t repay, their fragile peace falters. Desperation drives Caroline and her mom into one last, ill-fated heist.
Per Angeline, who directs from a script by novelist Daniel Blum (The Feet Say Run), “Caroline maintains a perspective from a young girl at the precipice of becoming a teenager. In our timeless small town where big city dreams aren’t even a thought, Caroline runs free, making this small world seem full and big. Even when the stakes feel high, the audience remains with Caroline, enduring her life through her naivety, curiosities, and ambitions.”