Ricky: Directed by Rashad Frett. With Titus Welliver, Stephan James, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Andrene Ward-Hammond. Newly released after being locked up in his teens, 30-year-old Ricky navigates the challenging realities of life post-incarceration, and the complexity of gaining independence for the first time as an adult.
Ricky is a 2025 American drama film, directed and produced by Rashad Frett, in his directorial debut, from a screenplay by Frett and Lin Que Ayoung. It is an expansion of the 2023 short film of the same name by Frett. [1]
“Ricky” is a personal story for Frett, a Hartford native whose knowing and lived-in debut has been deeply informed by the experiences of people he knows from home.
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Ricky, short for Ricardo Smith, is like far too many formerly incarcerated Black men. Despite being released a few weeks ago, he’s struggling to catch back up to a world he left fifteen years ago. See, when he was fifteen years old, he was imprisoned with men who were often twice his age. Since then, he’s missed much: He can’t drive a car; he barely knows how to use a phone; he’s ...
Sundance winner Ricky hits theaters, following a man navigating life after prison as he tackles accountability, and a chance at change.
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