Dough Boys is a 2009 drama film written and producedYarbrough, Kenya M.: "Preston Whitmore Puts in Work", EUR, July 9, 2008. by Preston A. Whitmore II and directed by Nicholas Harvell.
Plot Corey, Smooth, Black and Long Cuz form a group of young men calling themselves the "Dough Boys".
Cast Amanda Aardsma as Palova Wood Harris as Julian Arlen Escarpeta as Corey Kirk Jones (Sticky Fingaz) as Deuce Reagan Gomez-Preston as Beauty Cory Hardrict as Smooth Maurice McRae as Black Lorenzo Eduardo as Long Cuz Page Kennedy as Aub Ricky Harris as Faze Disco Richard Brooks as Detective Nichols Cooper Harris as Detective Rice Gabriel Casseus as Simuel Kel Mitchell as Reggie Leonard A. Anderson as Officer White Mirtha Michelle as Selecia Tina Huang as Zena
Production
The film was produced and written by Preston A. Whitmore II. It is the first feature film from director Nicholas Harvell and the inaugural feature from Whitmore’s “Give Back” program. Bonnie Berry LaMon serves as executive producer.
Release BET purchased the rights to the film after production. The film was first screened at a Laemmle Theatre in Los Angeles, and Paramount released it on DVD.
Reception Black film gave it a negative review, saying: "Dough Boys is a testosterone-fueled saga ostensibly designed to match the taste of fans of those musical glorification of misogyny, materialism and black-on-black crime popularized by the network." Another review, on DVD Talk, was also very negative.
See also List of hood films
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