Middle of Nowhere

1h 37m 2012

Brief Synopsis

When her husband is sent to prison, a medical student drops out to protect his needs.

Cast & Crew

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Ava Duvernay

Emayatzy Corinealdi

Lorraine Toussaint

David Oyelowo

Omari Hardwick

Sharon Lawrence

Photos & Videos

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Middle Of Nowhere (2012) -- (Movie Clip) Y'all Need To Get Better Organized

Women Make Film: Middle Of Nowhere, Jacqueline Stewart, Ava DuVernay

Middle Of Nowhere (2012) -- (Movie Clip) Go See Fireworks At The Beach

Middle Of Nowhere (2012) -- (Movie Clip) Five Years With Good Time

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Drama

Release Date

2012

Production Company

BET Networks ; Premiere Entertainment Group

Distribution Company

PARTICIPANT MEDIA; Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment ; Lionsgate ; Participant Media

Location

Los Angeles, California, USA

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 37m

Synopsis

Ruby is a bright medical student who sets aside her dreams and suspends her career when her husband is incarcerated. As the committed couple stare into the hollow end of an eight-year prison sentence, Ruby must learn to live another life, one marked by shame and separation. But through a chance encounter and a betrayal that shakes her to her core, this steadfast wife is soon propelled in new directions of self-discovery - caught between two worlds and two men in the search for herself.

Director

Ava Duvernay

Cast

Emayatzy Corinealdi

Lorraine Toussaint

David Oyelowo

Omari Hardwick

Sharon Lawrence

Edwina Findley Dickerson

Nehemiah Sutton

Felisha Anoa'i

Troy Curvey

Maya Dunbar

Dondré Whitfield

Crew

Spencer Averick

Howard Barish

Stacy L Beverly

Costume Designer

Kathryn Bostic

Aisha Coley

Casting Director

Ava Duvernay

Ava Duvernay

Christian Epps

Paul Garnes

Tilane Jones

Associate Producer

Vonda K. Morris

Bradford Young

Director Of Photography

Videos

Middle Of Nowhere (2012) -- (Movie Clip) Five Years With Good Time Writer-director Ava DuVernay’s opening, the film which won her the Best Director award at the Sundance Film Festival, Ruby (Emayatzy Corinealdi) from Los Angeles visits husband Derek (Omari Hardwick) at a faraway prison, in Middle Of Nowhere, 2012.

Middle Of Nowhere (2012) -- (Movie Clip) Y'all Need To Get Better Organized Now working as a nurse, marking the completion of four years of her husband’s expected five-year prison term, former medical student Ruby (Emayatzy Corinealdi) meets bus driver Brian (David Oyelowo) and dreams of Derek (Omari Hardwick), in Ava DuVernay’s Middle Of Nowhere, 2012.

Middle Of Nowhere (2012) -- (Movie Clip) Go See Fireworks At The Beach Los Angeles sisters Rosie (Edwina Findley), a hostess and single mom, and nurse Ruby (Emayatzy Corinealdi), whose husband is about to be released after four years in prison, meet bus driver Brian (David Oyelowo), who has noted her routines, in Ava DuVernay’s acclaimed Middle Of Nowhere, 2012.

Intro Aired: Sep 2020

Women Make Film: Middle Of Nowhere, Jacqueline Stewart, Ava DuVernay Director Ava DuVernay joins TCM’s Jacqueline Stewart for her introduction and comments following her own Middle Of Nowhere, 2012.

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Drama

Release Date

2012

Production Company

BET Networks ; Premiere Entertainment Group

Distribution Company

PARTICIPANT MEDIA; Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment ; Lionsgate ; Participant Media

Location

Los Angeles, California, USA

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 37m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Limited Release in United States October 12, 2012

Released in United States on Video January 13, 2015

Limited Release in United States October 12, 2012

Released in United States on Video January 13, 2015

Released in United States 2012 (Gala)

Released in United States 2012 (Closing Night Film)

Released in United States 2012

Released in United States 2012 (U.S. Dramatic Competition)

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