Really Love

Really Love is a 2020 American romantic drama film directed by Angel Kristi Williams and co-written with Felicia Pride. The film is set in Washington, D.C., and centers the romance between a struggling artist (Kofi Siriboe) and an ambitious law student (Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing). Really Love debuted in October 2020 at AFI Film Festival. It received mainly positive critical reception and leads Wong-Loi-Sing and Siriboe received a Special Jury Recognition for Acting at South by Southwest. Plot "Set in a gentrifying Washington, D.C., a rising Black painter tries to break into a competitive art world, while balancing a whirlwind romance he never expected." Cast Kofi Siriboe as Isaiah Maxwell, a struggling artist Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing as Stevie Richmond, an ambitious law student Blair Underwood as Jerome Richmond, Stevie's Father Uzo Aduba as Chenai Hungwe Mack Wilds as Nick Wright, Isaiah's friend since childhood Naturi Naughton as Sicily Richmond, Stevie's cousin Suzzanne Douglas as Anne Richmond, Stevie's mother Michael Ealy as Yusef Davis, Isaiah's colleague Jade Eshete as Mecca Gerima GoldLink as himself Production Really Love is director Angel Kristi Williams' feature film debut and Felicia Pride's debut screenplay. The two met through a mutual friend, after which Pride showed Williams the Really Love screenplay and invited her to direct the project.