''American Milkshake'' is a 2013 American

dark comedy Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, morbid humor, or gallows humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discus ...

film written, produced, and directed by David Andalman and Mariko Munro, starring

Tyler Ross Tyler Ross (born March 13, 1989) is an American actor best known for playing Kyle Stansbury in season four of the television series '' The Killing'' and for starring in the Stephen Cone films '' The Wise Kids'' (2011), ''Henry Gamble's Birthday P ...

Shareeka Epps Shareeka Epps (born July 11, 1989) is an American actress. She is best known for starring in the 2006 film '' Half Nelson'', alongside Ryan Gosling. She won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in the film. Life ...

, Georgia Ford, Eshan Bay,

Leo Fitzpatrick Leonardo Aurellio Randy Fitzpatrick is an American actor and co-director of the Marlborough Chelsea gallery. He is best known as Telly in ''Kids'' (1995) and Johnny Weeks in ''The Wire'' (2002–2004). Career He was discovered at age 14 by d ...

and

Danny Burstein Danny Burstein (born June 16, 1964) is an American actor and singer, most known for his work on the Broadway stage. A seven-time Tony Award nominee, Burstein won the 2020 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance as Har ...

Plot

In the mid-1990s, Jolie Jolson, a white high school student (the great-grandson of

blackface Blackface is a form of theatrical makeup used predominantly by non-Black people to portray a caricature of a Black person. In the United States, the practice became common during the 19th century and contributed to the spread of racial stereo ...

performer

Al Jolson Al Jolson (born Eizer Yoelson; June 9, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was a Lithuanian-American Jews, Jewish singer, comedian, actor, and vaudevillian. He was one of the United States' most famous and highest-paid stars of the 1920s, and was self-bi ...

) wants to be on the basketball team because he thinks that it will bring him closer to being the one thing that he isn't: black. His African American girlfriend, Henrietta, is pregnant with another man's baby and had a seedy past which includes appearing in a

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. Jolie gets on the basketball team due to a large donation from his well-off father, and ends up dating one of the cheerleaders for the team, and accidentally impregnates her.

Cast

as Jolie *

as Henrietta *

Georgia Ford Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

as Christine *

as Mr. McCarty *

Eshan Bay Eshan may refer to: * Eshan Yi Autonomous County, Yuxi, Yunnan Province, China * Eshan Hilal, Indian belly dancer * Eshan Nayeck (died 1987), Mauritian convicted murderer See also * Eshani, a town and union council of Barkhan District, Balochistan ...

as Haroon *

as Coach *

Nuri Hazzard Nuri is a place in modern Sudan on the west side of the Nile, near the Fourth Cataract. Nuri is situated about 15 km north of Sanam, and 10 km from Jebel Barkal. Nuri is the second of three Napatan burial sites and the construction of ...

as Arius *

Anna Friedman Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 122 ...

as Jeanette

Release

The film premiered at the

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on January 20, 2013 and was sold to

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and the Kevin Smith Movie Club for theatrical and day and date release and it also won the producer's award at US in Progress.

References

External links

* 2013 films 2010s English-language films 2013 black comedy films SModcast Pictures films Films about interracial romance American black comedy films Phase 4 Films films 2010s American films {{2010s-comedy-film-stub