Celebrities are always out on the industry scene and this week was no different. The Film Independent’s 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival Premiere Of Middle Of Nowhere kicked off this week at the Regal Cinemas in Los Angeles. Celebs strutted the red carpet to show their support. Among those that attended were Reagan Gomez, Naturi Naughton, Kimberly Elise, and Lynn Whifield.
How do you maintain a marriage and your own identity, when your husband has been sentenced to prison for eight years? That is the dilemma facing Ruby, the protagonist of Ava DuVernay’s [pictured at bottom in purple dress] elegant and powerful new movie “Middle Of Nowhere”.
Cast members (L-R) Omari Hardwick, Angela Bassett, Edwina Findley, director Ava DuVernay, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Lorraine Touissant and Sharon Lawrence
Ruby makes big sacrifices, giving up medical school to focus on her efforts to free her man and maintain her marriage. But is her husband the man she thinks he is? A powerful portrait of a strong woman contending with conflicting feelings of love, guilt and inconvenient desire, Middle of Nowhere marks the arrival of a bold new voice in independent.
Check out a few pics of the red carpet premiere and a clip of the movie trailer below:
Actor Omari Hardwick looking good as always.
Naturi Naughton serving up a formal gown at the Middle Of Nowhere premiere during the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival at Regal Cinemas L.A. Live in Los Angeles.
Actress, Erica Hubbard from BET’s Let’s Stay Together” was looking refreshingly blue on the carpet. Erica good of opted for another dress though.
Actress, Kimberly Elise at the Los Angeles Film Festival Premiere Of Middle Of Nowhere at Regal Cinemas L.A.
Young actor, Actor Nehemiah Sutton. He resembles
Salli Richardson-Whitfield attends the Middle Of Nowhere premiere during the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival at Regal Cinemas L.A. Live in Los Angeles.
Actress, Lynn Whitfield [looking great as always] arrives at Film Independent’s 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival premiere ofMiddle Of Nowhere in Los Angeles.
Singer Goapele arrives at the Film Festival Premiere Middle of Nowhere in Los Angeles.
Watch a teaser clip of the short film belowP: