Strive (2019) on Netflix
Kalani Johnson, a Harlem high school student in the projects, aims for Yale. Her college counselor Mr. Rose sees promise in her. Money is short, and her siblings face hardships.
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- Netflix3.5/5
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Plot summary
Kalani Johnson is a driven eighteen-year-old high school student in Harlem who hopes to be accepted into Yale. She lives in a housing project with Jacob, her older brother, and Bebe, her younger sister, while their mother struggles to make ends meet. At her school, the college counselor Mr. Rose sees great promise in her and becomes her only ally. Her brother and sister get caught up in hardships of their own, and those troubles pull at Kalani as she tries to hold her family and her dream together.
Cast
- Alexandra Rosarioas Carmen
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Strive (2019)
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- Strive is named after Striver's Row, and its events loosely unfold around the Polo Grounds Towers housing projects in Coogan's Bluff; the film was shot in and around both Harlem locations. Residents and community leaders of Harlem were consulted on the choice of locations and how characters were depicted.
