Talk to Me (2007)

In the mid-to-late 1960s, in Washington, D.C., vibrant soul music and exploding social consciousness were combining to unique and powerful effect. It was the place and time for Petey to fully express himself – sometimes to outrageous effect – and "tell it like it is." With the support of his irrepressible and tempestuous girlfriend Vernell (Taraji P. Henson), the newly minted ex-con talks his way into an on-air radio gig. He forges a friendship and a partnership with fellow prison inmate Milo's (Mike Epps) brother Dewey Hughes (double Golden Globe Award nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor).

From the first wild morning on the air, Petey relies on the more straight-laced Dewey to run interference at WOL-AM, where Dewey is the program director. At the station, Petey becomes an iconic radio personality, surpassing even the established popularity of his fellow disc jockeys, Nighthawk (Cedric The Entertainer) and Sunny Jim (Vondie Curtis Hall). Combining biting humor with social commentary, Petey openly courts controversy for station owner E.G. Sonderling (Emmy Award winner Martin Sheen).

Petey was determined to make not just himself but his

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Directed by

Kasi Lemmons The Caveman's Valentine, Eve's Bayou, The Jailhouse Lawyer

Cast

Don Cheadle Ocean's Thirteen, Ocean's Eleven, Crash Chiwetel Ejiofor American Gangster, Children of Men, Serenity Mike Epps Resident Evil: Extinction, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Next Friday Cedric the Entertainer Ice Age, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Madagascar Martin Sheen The Departed, Apocalypse Now, Catch Me If You Can Bruce McFee Death to Smoochy, The Dark Hours, Jill Rips Peter MacNeill A History of Violence, Frequency, Open Range [more]

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