Premature

In the summer before she leaves Harlem for college, a 17-year-old poet falls for an older music producer, and the romance becomes something she must learn to survive. Zora Howard co-wrote the script with director Rashaad Ernesto Green and plays the lead.

It's an intimate coming-of-age story, shot on the streets and rooftops of Harlem, about first love and losing yourself in it. Howard's performance and her poetry give the film its voice.