On Friday, May 7th, Netflix will premiere the film Monster. This is a movie about a seventeen-year-old honor student whose world comes crashing down around him when he is charged with felony murder. The film follows his dramatic journey from a smart, likeable film student from Harlem, attending an elite high school, through a complex legal battle that could leave him spending the rest of his life in prison.

Monster stars Jennifer Hudson, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Jeffrey Wright, Jharrel Jerome, Jennifer Ehle, Rakim Mayers, Nasir ‘Nas’ Jones, Tim Blake Nelson and John David Washington. The executive producers are John Legend, Nas and Jeffrey Wright.