Watch Uzo Aduba in Trailer for New Movie 'Miss Virginia'

Uzo Aduba‘s first project post-Orange Is the New Black is about to arrive and you can watch a preview of it here!

The Emmy-winning actress is starring in the new movie Miss Virginia and a trailer was just released.

Based on a true story, the film stars Uzo as an impoverished single mother who is losing her fifteen year-old son to the rough streets of Washington D.C. Unwilling to see him drop out and deal drugs, she places him in a private school. But when she can’t afford tuition, she launches a movement to change the system that is destroying him and thousands like him. Attacked and threatened by those who don’t want change –from corrupt politicians to the local drug lord, Virginia must discover depths of strength she never knew she had.

The movie also stars Matthew Modine, Aunjanue Ellis, and Niles Fitch. It will be released in theaters and on demand / Digital HD on October 18.