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    Watch ‘Ricky’ Star Stephan James Clarify Why the Movie About Recidivism Was ‘One thing I Felt Like I Needed to Do’

    David GroveBy David GroveJanuary 28, 20253 Mins Read
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    Watch ‘Ricky’ Star Stephan James Clarify Why the Movie About Recidivism Was ‘One thing I Felt Like I Needed to Do’
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    Few motion pictures on the 2025 Sundance Movie Pageant really feel timelier than “Ricky.” Tailored from director Rashad Frett’s in need of the identical title, which additionally debuted at Sundance, the movie tells the story of an eponymous man who’s incarcerated for 15 years on the age of 15. When he will get out of jail as a 30-year-old man, he’s pressured to re-enter a world that expects him to be prepared for the very maturity that no one ready him for.

    Whereas attending Sundance, Frett and “Ricky” star Stephan James stopped by the IndieWire Studio, introduced by Dropbox, to debate their private connections to the story and why they felt an pressing want to inform it.

    Michael Shanks, Alison Brie, Dave Franco at the Indiewire Studio 2025 at Sundance presented by Dropbox held at The IndieWire Studio on January 25, 2025 in Park City, Utah.
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    “Plenty of my family and friends members that went by way of the prison justice system,” Frett mentioned. “I simply bear in mind watching them battle to acclimate, battle to get jobs, get turned away from particular jobs that they needed. Then, sadly, them falling again into recidivism. That was the primary inspiration for this story.”

    James, who performs Ricky, mentioned the nuances of the character and his layers of traumatic life expertise and youthful inexperience appealed to him as an actor.

    “This man is having to regulate to civilian life on the similar time that he’s truly changing into a person,” James mentioned. “I feel simply that, as a personality examine, understanding the interior facet of what that younger man could be coping with, whether or not it’s PTSD, trauma… For me it simply felt like one thing necessary, and one thing I felt like I needed to do.”

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    The character’s growth is additional explored by way of his relationship with a probation officer performed by Sheryl Lee Ralph, who understands the excessive danger of recidivism in males who’ve been inadequately ready for all times after jail. James defined how that relationship was a foundational piece of the movie that drove residence simply how troublesome the acclimation course of may be.

    “Ms. Ralph has a line within the movie the place she says ‘He’s been out for 21 days, and he’ll be fortunate to make it to 30,’” James mentioned. “And that line actually hit residence for me, as a result of each day is a victory in itself. Each day which you could simply survive one other day and have the chance to get work, to normalize your life. Folks don’t understand the each day obstacles that individuals in that place actually should undergo.”

    Dropbox is proud to accomplice with IndieWire and the Sundance Movie Pageant. In 2025, 68% of characteristic movies premiering on the Sundance Movie Pageant used Dropbox of their movie manufacturing. Dropbox helps filmmakers and inventive groups discover, set up, and safe all of the recordsdata which are necessary to any venture.



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