Rick Famuyiwa Premieres ‘Dope’ at Los Angeles Film Festival | Pharrell Williams, Chanel Iman, Forest Whitaker, Keke Palmer & More

Keke Palmer

Nigerian American Hollywood writer and director, Rick Famuyiwa, premiered his latest movie Dope at the Los Angeles Film Festival yesterday, June 8 2015.

The movie, which stars Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Blake Anderson, Zoë Kravitz, A$AP Rocky, Chanel Iman, Quincy Brown and more, was produced by Forest Whitaker and Nina Yang Bongiovi, with Pharrell Williams, Michael Y. Chow, Rick Famuyiwa and David Lonner serving as executive producers.

Sean ‘P.Diddy’ Combs serves as a co-executive producer for the movie.

Plot: In Dope, Malcolm (Shameik Moore) is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.

The premiere was attended by a number of the cast members as well as Tyga, Kylie Jenner, Keke Palmer, Michael B. Jordan, Kimberly Elise, Marlon Wayans, Rick Fox, Amin Joseph, Hannibal Buress, Serayah McNeill and more.

See photos from the premiere below.

Keke Palmer

Pharrell Williams

Chanel Iman

Chanel Iman

Gloria Govan

Gloria Govan

Serayah McNeill

Kimberly Elise

Kiersey Clemons

Shameik Moore & Kiersey Clemons

Shameik Moore

Marlon Wayans

True Whitaker & Forest Whitaker

Amira Lumbly

Tyga

Amin Joseph

Hannibal Buress

Damien Wayans

Quincy Brown

Rick Fox

Megalyn Echikunwoke

Lakeith Stanfield

Dascha Polanco

Forest Whitaker and Stephanie Allain

Kylie Jenner

The After-Party!!

Keke Palmer and Michael B. Jordan

Keke Palmer and Michael B. Jordan

Keke Palmer and Shameik Moore

Keke Palmer and Shameik Moore

Keke Palmer and Shameik Moore

Kiersey Clemons and Michael B. Jordan

A$AP Rocky and Producer Pharrell Williams

Damien Wayans and Marlon Wayans

Kimberly Elise, Shameik Moore and Kiersey Clemons

Rick Famuyiwa and Sean Combs

Photo Credit: Getty Images/Chelsea Lauren

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