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Controversial “KAREN” coming to theaters next month; new poster

The original trailer caused quite a stir a little while back, and now the movie has a release date.

Quiver Distribution has announced its acquisition of KAREN, which will be released to theaters and VOD platforms September 3. Written and directed by Coke Daniels, it stars Taryn Manning, Cory Hardrict, Jasmine Burke, Roger Dorman and Gregory Alan Williams. The synopsis: “The story follows Karen Drexler [Manning], a racist white woman who makes it her personal mission to displace the new Black family that has just moved in next door to her. Community activist Malik [Hardrict] and his wife Imani [Burke] are the couple who have just moved to the Atlanta suburb, but they won’t be backing down without a fight.”

“KAREN is by far my most deeply personal work to date,” Daniels says. “My hopes are it continues the dialogue for change, as it relates to the mistreatment of black, indigenous, and people of color around the globe.”

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