Based On A True Story: In ‘KEMBA’ The War On Drugs Lands An Innocent Hampton Student Behind Bars

BET+
really
isn’t
playing
around
—
the
streamer
is
set
to
debut
a
new
film
based
on
a
really
incredible
story
we
remember
from
the
time
it
was
in
the
headlines!

Source:
Courtesy
/
BET+

Based
on
a

true
story,

KEMBA
follows
the
journey
of
Kemba
Smith,
a
sheltered
college
student
who
falls
in
love
with

a
man
who
turns
out
to
be
a
drug
dealing

kingpin.
Watch
the
trailer
below:

Shortly
after
meeting
her
boyfriend,
Khalif,
Kemba’s
relationship
with
him
took
an
unexpected
turn
into
abuse
and
grooming
when
she
learned
he
was
a
drug-dealer.
Though
she
never
dealt
or
handled
drugs,
Kemba
received
an
outrageous
sentence
for
her
boyfriend’s
crimes.
The
promising
Hampton
student
was
suddenly
caught
in
the
middle
of
a
“war
on
drugs.”

Source:
Courtesy
/
BET+

Never
losing
hope
in
their
daughter,
Gus
and
Odessa
Smith,
along
with
an
attorney
from
the
NAACP
Legal
Defense
Fund,
launch
a
campaign
for
appeal
and
later
clemency.
Their
fight
for
justice
launched
Kemba’s
story
into
an
inspiring
journey
that
harnessed
the
power
of
Black
civic
organizations,
sororities,
celebrities,
and
lawmakers
to
help
free
Kemba.

Source:
Courtesy
/
BET+

Nesta
Cooper
tackles
the
role
of
Kemba,
while
Siddiq
Saunderson
plays
Khalif.
Michelle
Hurd
will
play
Kemba’s
mother
Odessa
Smith
while
Sean
Patrick
Thomas
plays
her
father
Gus
Smith.

KEMBA
will
premiere
on
BET+
February
22.

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