The Photograph
Year: 2020
Studio: Will Packer Productions, Universal Pictures, Perfect World Pictures
Director: Stella Meghie
Cast: Issa Rae, LaKeith Stanfield, Chanté Adams, Y'lan Noel, Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Lil Rel Howery
Crew: Mark Anthony Little (First Assistant Director), Jakub Porembski (Second Assistant Director), Chris Cenatiempo (Stunt Coordinator), Justin Clarke (Stunt Double), Chris J. Fanguy (Utility Stunts), Jénel Stevens (Stunt Double)
Runtime: 106 minutes
Release: Feb 14, 2020
IMDb: 6.40/10 by 210 users
Popularity: 2
Country: United States of America, China
Language: English
Budget: 16,000,000
Revenue: 20,690,779

Mae, looking into her late photographer mother's New Orleans past, meets Mike, researching the same story as a journalist. The film journeys between New York and New Orleans and the earlier life of Mae's mother alongside her own. It Stylishly explores relationships and how they can be left unresolved and how the mistakes of our parents influence our own choices.
"Michael" (LaKeith Stanfield - who has great taste in coats/jackets) is a journalist who travels to interview a man who has just lost his wife. During his visit to the man's home he spies a photograph of a girl taken by Chanté Adams ("Christina"). Once back in New Orleans, he tries to track down more work from this photographer and that introduces him to "Mae" (Issa Rae), the assistant curator at a gallery with whom he falls in love. The remainder of this rather ponderous tale takes us through their pretty ordinary courtship and involves a touch too much coincidence for me - in the end it just ends up being a slightly quirky love story with competent performances from the two lead actors. At times the soundtrack is wonderful - soulful and melodic jazz typical of the Louisiana location but otherwise this is just an unremarkable 100 minutes.