Dope is a 2015 English-language Action Comedy movie written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa and produced by Forest Whitaker and Nina Yang Bongiovi. A coming of age comedy/drama for the post hip hop generation. Malcolm is a geek, carefully surviving life in The Bottoms, a tough neighborhood in Inglewood, CA filled with gangsters and drug dealers, while juggling his senior year of college applications, interviews and the SAT. His dream is to attend Harvard. A chance invitation to a big underground party leads Malcolm and his friends into an only in Los Angeles gritty adventure filled with offbeat characters and bad choices. If Malcolm can persevere, he'll go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself. Dope features Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Kimberly Elise, Chanel Iman, Keith Stanfield and Jonny Yoku. The music was composed by Germaine Franco. Cinematography was done by Rachel Morrison and editing by Lee Haugen. The motion picture has a running time of 103 minutes. It was released on 19th June 2015. The Film was successful at box office. Dope was made on a budget of $7 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $18 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Open Road Films.