
Past Lives(2023)
After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.


When famed photographer Christina Eames dies unexpectedly, she leaves her estranged daughter, Mae, hurt, angry and full of questions. When Mae finds a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box, she soon finds herself delving into her mother's early life -- an investigation that leads to an unexpected romance with a rising journalist.

Issa Rae
Mae Eames

LaKeith Stanfield
Michael Block

Chanté Adams
Christina Eames

Y'lan Noel
Young Isaac

Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Andy Morrison

Lil Rel Howery
Kyle

Teyonah Parris
Asia

Jasmine Cephas Jones
Rachel Miller

Wakeema Hollis
Denise Holness

Rob Morgan
Isaac Jefferson
The Photograph is a drama, romance film released in 2020 exploring themes of new york city, journalist, photographer, louisiana, letter, cancer. Directed by Stella Meghie, it stars Issa Rae, LaKeith Stanfield, Chanté Adams. When famed photographer Christina Eames dies unexpectedly, she leaves her estranged daughter, Mae, hurt, angry and full of questions. When Mae finds a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box, she soon finds herself delving into her mother's early life -- an investigation that leads to an unexpected romance with a rising journalist.
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