“Forget charming, I’m gangsta”: Morris from America

Morris from AmericaDirected by Chad HartiganOpens August 19
Morris Gentry (Markees Christmas) is thirteen. When Katrin (Lina Keller) asks his age, though, he tries to pass for fifteen, then fourteen, before settling on his actual number, Almost Famous-style. “That sounds right,” Katrin tells him as she walks away, smiling. Katrin is fifteen. She’s also German, and Morris is on her turf: He’s come to live with his father Curtis (Craig Robinson) in Heidelberg, where Curtis