Dough Boys (film)

2009 American drama film

For other uses, see Doughboy (disambiguation).

Dough Boys

Directed by| Nicholas Harvell
Written by| Preston A. Whitmore II
Produced by| Preston A. Whitmore II
Starring| Wood Harris
Arlen Escarpeta
Kirk Jones (Sticky Fingaz)
Reagan Gomez-Preston
Cinematography| Dan Schmeltzer
Edited by| Andre Jones

Running time

* February 5, 2009 (2009-02-05)

Country| United States
Language| English

Dough Boys is a 2009 drama film written and produced[1] by Preston A. Whitmore II and directed by Nicholas Harvell.

## Plot[edit]

Corey, Smooth, Black and Long Cuz form a group of young men calling themselves the "Dough Boys".

## Cast[edit]

* 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[edit]

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.[citation needed] Bonnie Berry LaMon serves as executive producer.[2]

## Release[edit]

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.[3]

## Reception[edit]

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."[4] Another review, on DVD Talk, was also very negative.[5]

## See also[edit]

* List of hood films

## References[edit]

1. ^ Yarbrough, Kenya M.: "Preston Whitmore Puts in Work", EUR, July 9, 2008. Archived May 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ "Bonnie Berry LaMon - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
3. ^ Nellie Andreeva (2009-02-03). "BET nabs rights to 'Dough Boys' film". The Hollywood Reporter. Associated Press. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
4. ^ "June 2009 | blackfilm.com | DOUGH BOYS". Black film. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
5. ^ "DVD Talk". www.dvdtalk.com. Retrieved 2023-07-20.

## External links[edit]

* Dough Boys at IMDb