What Is Fresh About?

Yakin conveys this tension in a manner that feels very personal.

Friends are hard to come by in Boston.

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Freshimmediately conveys the importance of its characters missionby showing the consequences of apathy.

Its these sorts of politically charged, personal moments that elevateFreshabove other crime dramas of its era.

BothThe WireandFreshuse the metaphor of the game to explain how the intersection of drug dealers and law enforcement works.

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In the gritty urban drama, a 12-year-old chess prodigy named Fresh navigates life in the crime-ridden streets of Brooklyn. Using his strategic mind, he devises a risky plan to outsmart drug dealers and gangsters to protect his family and escape his dangerous environment.

Freshis currently available to stream on Netflix in the U.S.

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