The Sun Is Also a Star

“Love is a universe all of its own”

7.0

2019

1h 40m

RomanceDrama

Two young New Yorkers begin to fall in love over the course of a single day, as a series of potentially life-altering meetings loom over their heads - hers concerning her family’s deportation to Jamaica, and his concerning an education at Dartmouth.

Key Crew

Director

Ry Russo-Young

Producers

Leslie Morgenstein

Elysa Koplovitz Dutton

Writers

Tracy Oliver

Cinematography

Autumn Durald Arkapaw

Cast (16)

Yara Shahidi

Natasha Kingsley

Charles Melton

Daniel Jae Ho Bae

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