AMANDLA STENBERG

DEAR EVAN HANSEN (2021)
Starring Ben Platt, Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Nik Dodani, Colton Ryan, Amy Adams, Danny Pino, Julianne Moore, Demarius R. Copes and Isaac Powell. Directed by Stephen Chbosky.

An anxious, isolated high schooler aches for understanding and belonging amid the chaos and cruelty of the social media age.

REVIEWS Dear Evan Hansen - A disappointing, misguided adaptation of the award-winning musical

WHERE HANDS TOUCH (2019)
Starring Amandla Stenberg, George MacKay, Abbie Cornish, Christopher Eccleston, Alec Newman, Will Attenborough and Tom Goodman-Hill. Directed by Amma Asante.

Germany 1944: 15-year old Leyna (Amandla Stenberg), daughter of a white German mother and a black father, lives in fear due to the colour of her skin. When she meets Lutz (George MacKay), the son of a prominent SS officer and a member of the Hitler Youth - mandatory for all Aryan boys since 1936 - the two fall helplessly in love, putting both their lives at risk. An original coming of age story through the eyes of a bi-racial teen as she witnesses the persecution of Jews and those deemed "non-pure".

REVIEWS Where Hands Touch - A romantic snooze

THE HATE U GIVE (2019)
Starring Amandla Stenberg, Lamar Johnson, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Anthony MacKie, Common, Tj Wright, Issa Rae, Algee Smith and K.j. Apa. Directed by George Tillman Jr.

Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds: the poor, mostly black, neighbourhood where she lives and the rich, mostly white, prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressures from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right.

REVIEWS The Hate U Give - A traumatic and triumphant coming-of-age story

THE DARKEST MINDS (2018)
Starring Amandla Stenberg, Harris Dickinson, Patrick Gibson, Skylan Brooks, Mandy Moore, Miya Cech, Gwendoline Christie, Golden Brooks, Sammi Rotibi and McCarrie McCausland. Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson.

After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.

EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING (2017)
Starring Amanda Stenberg, Nick Robinson, Ana De La Reguera, Anika Noni Rose, Amandla Stenberg, Taylor Hickson, Farryn Vanhumbeck, Danube R. Hermosillo, Robert Lawrenson and Peter Benson. Directed by Stella Meghie.

What if you couldn’t touch anything in the outside world? Never breathe in the fresh air, feel the sun warm your face...or kiss the boy next door? 'Everything, Everything' tells the unlikely love story of Maddy, a smart, curious and imaginative 18-year-old who, due to an illness, cannot leave the protection of the hermetically sealed environment within her house, and Olly, the boy next door who won’t let that stop them. Maddy is desperate to experience the much more stimulating outside world, and the promise of her first romance. Gazing through windows and talking only through texts, she and Olly form a deep bond that leads them to risk everything to be together... even if it means losing everything.

REVIEWS Everything, Everything - Teen romance to put you to sleep