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Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

Celebrity stylist/fashion icon, Dwen Curry, secretly finances a lavish lifestyle by fraudulently acquiring millions using her criminal organization, while grappling with family, love, identity, and the dangers of leading a crimina...

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Joe Carroll

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biography, crime, drama

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Uncle Leon

Cynthia Curry

FBI Agent

Dwen Curry

Dyllon Burnside

DJ

Greg Mathis Jr.

Kimora

Dominique Toney

Dr. Nobles

Yoyo

Chantal Maurice

Sherrie

Monica

Devin Nikki Thomas

Yvette

Zaire

Maurice Alpharicio

Robber

Aunt Jazzy

Pedestrian

Branden Gleason

Butchie

Rodrick Covington

Piper

Jihad

Agent

Max James Palmer

Devine

Prison Guard

LisaRaye

Tookie

Flirtatious Man

Emery Lavell Johnson

FBI Chief

Prison Guard

Cornelius Bryant

Party Patron

Ballroom Patron

Malakhi Stylist

Young Cleopatra

NA Patron

Melvin Bonez Estes

Inmate

Patient

Krystal Palacios

Inmate

Inmate

Jarrien K Grubbs

Inmate

Ballroom Patron

Ballroom Patron

Carlton Marshall

Ballroom Patron

(voice)

Cathleen Bentley

Ballroom Patron

Precious Igwebuike

Young Magnifcient

Royale Williams

Delivery Man

Braven Sloan III

Ballroom Patron

Inmate

Ballroom Patron

Nurse

Reality Producer

FBI Agent

Gordon Timothy Kumbatira

Ballroom Patron

Laylah Khan Amiri Alexander

Homeless

Floyd Henderson

Aunt Marsha

Melissa Yolinda Scott

Ballroom Patron

Robber #2

Ballroom Patron

Ballroom Patron

Hair Salon Client

Ballroom Patron

Attorney

Ballroom Patron

Homeless

Ballroom Patron

Arnold Maurice Anderson

Male Friend

Ballroom Patron

Hair Salon Client

Ajia Whitehurst

Ballroom Patron

Homeless

Kathleen Mary Wargo

Ballroom Patron

Kyra Cabbagestalk

Agent

Philip Notarange

Inmate

Hair Salon Client

LIsa Moore Robbins

Ballroom Patron

Astaris-Michael Yates

Inmate

Prison Guard

Roland Roberson

Ballroom Patron

Hair Salon Client

Ballroom Patron

Xavian Hargrove

Party Patron

Ballroom Patron

Ballroom Patron

Ballroom Patron

Ballroom Patron

Tajammal Taylor

Ballroom Patron

George Kimbrow III

NA Patron

Prison Guard

Ballroom Patron

Oghenetega Mofe-Damijo

Ballroom Patron

Cierra Montgomery

(voice)

Charlie Hudson III

Ballroom Patron

Ballroom Patron

Alexander Okoronkwo

Ballroom Patron

Nathaniel Matthews

Ballroom Patron

Ballroom Patron

Ayodara Ogunlade

Ballroom Patron

Hair Salon Client

Patricia Cannady

Drug Dealer

Ballroom Patron

(voice)

Hair Salon Client

Inmate Visitor

Tiffany Gricher

Ballroom Patron

Ballroom Patron

Andrew Crawford

NA Patron

Hair Salon Client

Crystal Wiley-Perry

Pedestrian

Cymone Robinson

Inmate

Flirtatious Man

Domonique Smith

Ballroom Patron

Ballroom Patron

Ballroom Patron

Inmate Visitor

Sheldon Anderson

Party Patron

Ballroom Patron

Inmate

Christopher Lewis

FBI Agent

Ballroom Patron

Alexis Frizzelle-Taylor

Boom Operator

Isaiah Jermaine

Prison Guard

Homeowner

Party Patron

Hair Salon Client

FBI Agent

Ballroom Patron

Ballroom Patron

Theresta Lanier

Ballroom Patron

Ballroom Patron

Ballroom Patron

Ballroom Patron

Homeless

Katherine Murphy

Ballroom Patron

Inmate Visitor

NA Patron

Ballroom Patron

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(funky music) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

Coming off the heels
of the Detroit riots, - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

Coming off the heels of the Detroit riots,

Unfortunately, there was no
inclusion for people like me, - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

Unfortunately, there was no inclusion for people like me,

I had everything
working against me - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

I had everything working against me

I needed an escape from reality, - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

I needed an escape from reality,

(cars honking) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(tense music) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(tense music continues) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(tense music continues)

(tense music continues) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(tense music continues)

(ATM keypad beeping) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(ATM keypad beeping)

- What you mean it ain't
working? Try the next one. - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- What you mean it ain't working? Try the next one.

(ATM keypad beeping) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(ATM keypad beeping)

- You don't think if I
had somebody to call, - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- You don't think if I had somebody to call,

(tense music) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(clothes hangers rattling) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(clothes hangers rattling)

(tense music) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(tense music) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- And now you're gonna
stand here in my face, - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- And now you're gonna stand here in my face,

(tense music) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(somber music) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(somber music) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- You either go and leave - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- You either go and leave

Uncle Leon's gonna send you
a taxi to the bus station - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

Uncle Leon's gonna send you a taxi to the bus station

- So I got my ass on a bus - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- So I got my ass on a bus

(funky music continues) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(funky music continues)

- Look at here, it's
my favorite nephew. - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- Look at here, it's my favorite nephew.

Let's get that inside and
then let's go for a ride. - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

Let's get that inside and then let's go for a ride...

I was an addict at one point, - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

I was an addict at one point,

I don't want that for you,
Eddie, or for anyone else. - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

I don't want that for you, Eddie, or for anyone else.

This right here is
what you're facing. - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

This right here is what you're facing.

Now, I can support you 100%
and I can help you get clean, - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

Now, I can support you 100% and I can help you get clean,

All these people down here - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

All these people down here

I could fix it up a little bit, - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

I could fix it up a little bit,

Add some style, color, - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

Add some style, color,

- Yeah, you could. It's your
room to do what you like. - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- Yeah, you could. It's your room to do what you like.

I need to ask you a question - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

I need to ask you a question

- [Dwen] I had never
had anyone openly ask me - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- [Dwen] I had never had anyone openly ask me

Uncle Leon's questioning
caught me off guard - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

Uncle Leon's questioning caught me off guard

It's a question I'd been asking
myself since I was a child. - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

It's a question I'd been asking myself since I was...

(Dwen stuttering) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(Dwen stuttering)

It was the first time I'd
ever verbally spoken my truth. - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

It was the first time I'd ever verbally spoken my truth...

I damn near passed out - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

I damn near passed out

But what he did next
changed my life. - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

But what he did next changed my life.

(heartfelt music) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(heartfelt music)

- Now, your Auntie and
I are glad you're here, - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- Now, your Auntie and I are glad you're here,

First things first, you
need to go to rehab. - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

First things first, you need to go to rehab.

And Eddie, I don't
expect you to be perfect, - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

And Eddie, I don't expect you to be perfect,

Now, I meant what I said - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

Now, I meant what I said

Now, your Auntie is down there
making you a welcome dinner. - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

Now, your Auntie is down there making you a welcome dinner.

(Uncle Leon chuckling)
(heartfelt music) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(Uncle Leon chuckling) (heartfelt music)

The warmth and acceptance
for my aunt and uncle - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

The warmth and acceptance for my aunt and uncle

Oakland quickly became home - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

Oakland quickly became home

- Oh! You looking
sharp there, nephew. - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- Oh! You looking sharp there, nephew.

(heartfelt music) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(heartfelt music)

(heartfelt music) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(heartfelt music)

- I know I don't have
to and I know you can, - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- I know I don't have to and I know you can,

(funky rap music) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(funky rap music)

I admired and respected
him because he was so free - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

I admired and respected him because he was so free

- Okay. This is cute. - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- Okay. This is cute.

The only opinion you need to
be worried about is yours. - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

The only opinion you need to be worried about is yours.

Every morning when you wake up, - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

Every morning when you wake up,

- Eddie's my middle name, - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- Eddie's my middle name,

(funky music) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(funky music) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

I'm still working and
going to meetings. - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

I'm still working and going to meetings.

You know, out there with
your aunt and uncle, - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

You know, out there with your aunt and uncle,

Mommy, I decided to go
to cosmetology school. - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

Mommy, I decided to go to cosmetology school.

I know that's probably not
what you want me to do, - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

I know that's probably not what you want me to do,

- Well, Eddie, I mean, if
that's what you wanna do, - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- Well, Eddie, I mean, if that's what you wanna do,

(heartfelt music) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(heartfelt music)

I was just expecting
you to tell me - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

I was just expecting you to tell me

(Cynthia chuckling) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(Cynthia chuckling)

- I mean, I could say
I know that you're gay - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- I mean, I could say I know that you're gay

(heartfelt music) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(heartfelt music)

- [Dwen] I prefer to be
called Dwen now, not Eddie. - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- [Dwen] I prefer to be called Dwen now, not Eddie.

- Well, listen, you
tell everybody else that - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- Well, listen, you tell everybody else that

- It was the first conversation - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- It was the first conversation

I had no idea how
freeing the truth was. - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

I had no idea how freeing the truth was.

Her acknowledging my sexuality - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

Her acknowledging my sexuality

I'm not the best stylist, - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

I'm not the best stylist,

(Uncle Leon laughing) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(Uncle Leon laughing)

(melodious music) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

(melodious music)

- Same old same, work,
school, more work - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- Same old same, work, school, more work

- Well, you look damn good.
That's what's important. - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- Well, you look damn good. That's what's importan...

- My teacher thinks
I should open a salon - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- My teacher thinks I should open a salon

- Well, first of all, - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- Well, first of all,

This is Dwen, one of
our favorite customers, - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

This is Dwen, one of our favorite customers,

- Okay, DJ, I think you're
probably a really nice guy, - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- Okay, DJ, I think you're probably a really nice guy,

(DJ laughing) - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- Kimora, that don't
mean that all gay guys - Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story

- Kimora, that don't mean that all gay guys

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Celebrity stylist/fashion icon, Dwen Curry, secretly finances a lavish lifestyle by fraudulently acquiring millions using her criminal organization, while grappling with family, love, identity, and the dangers of leading a crimina...

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Director: Joe Carroll

Writer: La Jill Hunt, LaJill Hunt

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Genre: biography, crime, drama

Year: 2025

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Released: 27 Feb 2025

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